Nebanch

Nebanch was a high ancient Egyptian official and one of the best attested of the 13th Dynasty , who lived around 1700 BC. Lived.

His father Sobekhotep was a simple domain administrator , his mother was the mistress of the house of Hapyu. His brother was the great scribe of the vizier Dedusobek / Bebi, whose daughter Nubchaes became the great consort of the king . One of her brothers was the Herald of Thebes Sobekemsaf , who in turn is known from a statue that is now in the KHM Vienna .

Under Neferhotep I , Nebanch appears as a king known to the ruler in five rock inscriptions near Aswan . He is named together with the treasurer Senebi , in whose administration he probably served. Under Sobekhotep IV , he was then promoted to senior domain administrator and led the king's expeditions to Wadi Hammamat and Wadi el-Hudi .

Nebanch's grave has not yet been found, but it is possible that he was buried in Abydos . Many objects with his name were found there. Below is a stele with a hymn, a fragment of a statue and blocks from a lintel. One of the oldest known heart scarabs also comes from the Nebanch . This is inscribed with the Book of the Dead No. 30 and is now in the British Museum . The location of this object is unfortunately unknown.

Notoriety in Egyptology

Nebanch has also gained some fame among Egyptology students and Egyptologists , as the song of a stele from Abydos, which the singer Tjen-aa dedicated to Nebanch, appears as a practice text in Alan Gardiner's famous grammar :

The singer Tjeni-aa, he says:

Oh how firmly you are in your place in eternity

your chapel of permanence!

She is filled with food offerings

by containing all good things.

Your ka be with you,

it may not leave you

Oh royal sealer, chief domain administrator Nebanch

You own the sweet breath of the north wind.

This is how his singer speaks, who keeps his name alive.

The venerable singer Tjeni-aa, whom he loves

who sings to his ka every day.

literature

Kim Ryholt : The Political Situation in Egypt during the Second Intermediate Period, c. 1800-1550 BC (= The Carsten Niebuhr Institute Publications. Vol. 20). The Carsten Niebuhr Institute of Near Eastern Studies, Copenhagen 1997, ISBN 87-7289-421-0 , pp. 239-242.

Individual evidence

↑ tungsten Grajetzki : Court Officials of the Egyptian Middle Kingdom. London 2009, ISBN 9780715637456 , p. 79, fig. 35; London BM EA 64378
^ Sir Alan Gardiner: Egyptian Grammar. Being an Introduction to the Study of Hieroglyphs . 3rd Ed., Rev. Oxford University Press, London 1957 (1st edition 1927), ISBN 0-900416-35-1 , p. 421.
^ Thomas Eric Peet: The Cemeteries of Abydos. Part 2: 1911-1912 . Egypt Exploration Fund, London 1914, p. 117, Figure 80, Plate XIII (5).

personal data
SURNAME	Nebanch
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Egyptian head of domain
DATE OF BIRTH	before 1700 BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	after 1700 BC Chr.

[1] tungsten Grajetzki : Court Officials of the Egyptian Middle Kingdom. London 2009, ISBN 9780715637456 , p. 79, fig. 35; London BM EA 64378

[2] Sir Alan Gardiner: Egyptian Grammar. Being an Introduction to the Study of Hieroglyphs . 3rd Ed., Rev. Oxford University Press, London 1957 (1st edition 1927), ISBN 0-900416-35-1 , p. 421.

[3] Thomas Eric Peet: The Cemeteries of Abydos. Part 2: 1911-1912 . Egypt Exploration Fund, London 1914, p. 117, Figure 80, Plate XIII (5).