Moses (19th Dynasty)

Moses was a high ancient Egyptian official from the 19th dynasty under Ramses II. As scribe of the treasury of Ptah . he held an important administrative position in the Temple of Ptah in Memphis . With the preserved stele of Moses he paid homage to his Pharaoh.

Moses is best known from his tomb, where a long inscription tells of a court case in which he and his family were involved. This inscription is of great importance for the legal and social history of ancient Egypt.

His family is also well known from his grave. His father was a certain Huy, who had almost identical titles as Moses. His wife and mother of Moses was called Nubnofret. The wife of Moses was called Mutnofret. Several children are known by name. These are Amen ... (name incomplete), Amenemhab, Haita, Merymaat and Tjenroy. Only the letter f of the name of another child has survived.

The grave in Saqqara , once near the Teti pyramid , has now largely been dismantled. Parts of the relief-decorated grave decoration are in various museums around the world. Most of the grave is exhibited in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo . Individual relief blocks from the grave had already appeared in collections in the middle of the 19th century. The actual grave was then uncovered by Victor Loret around 1900 (near the pyramid of Iput I , part of the pyramid cemetery of the Teti pyramid). Loret immediately published the inscription of the trial. Further investigations were carried out by Battiscombe Gunn , who did not publish his excavations but who left extensive records.

A complete publication of the tomb was presented in 1977 by Gaballa Ali Gaballa .

The tomb of Moses consisted of an above-ground burial chapel and had shafts that led into the underground burial chambers. The burial chapel had a courtyard, on the west side of which there were four smaller chapels. The walls of the complex are decorated with recessed relief and show Moses in front of various deities, but also in the underworld. There are scenes where he is shown together with his family. A long inscription on the north wall of the chapel courtyard is of great historical importance. She tells of a legal dispute that dragged on for more than 200 years and which involved land that was awarded to an ancestor of Moses by the king, but which was also claimed by another part of the family. The outcome of the proceedings has not been reported, as the corresponding part of the inscription is no longer preserved, but it can be assumed that Moses emerged victorious and thus received the lands.

literature

GA Gaballa: The Memphite Tomb-Chapel of Mose. Aris & Phillips, Warminster 1977, ISBN 0856680885

personal data
SURNAME	Cunt
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Clerk of the Treasury of Ptah.
DATE OF BIRTH	14th century BC BC or 13th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	13th century BC BC or 12th century BC Chr.