Meketre

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Meketre in hieroglyphics
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Meketre
(Meket Re)
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Re is my protection

Meketre was a high ancient Egyptian official of the late 11th Dynasty and possibly the early 12th Dynasty ( Middle Kingdom ).

supporting documents

He appears in a rock inscription dated under Mentuhotep II as a simple "sealer". From this position he was promoted directly to " Treasurer " - one of the highest government offices. With this title he is mentioned several times in the temple of Mentuhotep II. In his grave he also appears as the " chief asset manager for the whole country". It is controversial when he ended his career, so far this was under Mentuhotep III. suggested recently is, however, believed that he even to under I. Amenemhet officiated.

Model of a cattle count from the tomb of Meketre, Cairo Egyptian Museum (JE 46724)

His grave

The grave of Meketre in Thebes was found destroyed, but the few surviving reliefs show that it was once magnificently decorated. A small chamber of the tomb was found untouched and contained a set of wooden models showing craftsmen, ships, but also the house of Meketre. These models are typical of Middle Kingdom burials. The models in the Tomb of Meketre are undoubtedly the best of their kind.

literature

  • Dorothea Arnold : Amenemhet I and the Early Twelfth Dynasty at Thebes. In: Metropolitan Museum Journal. Volume 26, 1991, ISSN  0077-8958 , pp. 5-48, online (PDF; 7.2 MB) .
  • Herbert E. Winlock : Models of Daily Life in Ancient Egypt. From the Tomb of Meket-Re at Thebes (= Publications of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Egyptian Expedition. Volume 18, ZDB -ID 86343-9 ). Published for the Metropolitan Museum of Art by Harvard University Press, Cambridge MA 1955.

Web links

Commons : Meketre  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ D. Arnold: Amenemhet I and the Early Twelfth Dynasty at Thebes. 1991.
  2. ^ HE Winlock: Models of Daily Life in Ancient Egypt. ... Cambridge MA 1955.
personal data
SURNAME Meketre
BRIEF DESCRIPTION ancient Egyptian official
DATE OF BIRTH around 21st century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH around 20th century BC Chr.