Neferchau
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Neferchau (Nefer chau) Nfr ḫ3w |
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Neferchau was an ancient Egyptian official of the 18th Dynasty . He served under Thutmose III. as colonel of the Medjai (desert police) . He was married to a woman named Ruiresti and had a son who also served with the Medjaiu. Well-known monuments of the Neferchau are a rock shrine in Gebel el-Silsile and a stele that is now in the Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest. On the stele he is shown with a stretcher over his shoulder from which desert game hangs. According to the description, the desert police were not only entrusted with military and police tasks, but also acted as hunters.
His grave has not yet been identified, but is probably in Thebes , as a grave cone of Neferchau was found there.
literature
- Wolfgang Helck : The influence of the military leaders in the 18th Egyptian dynasty . Leipzig 1939, p. 26 .
- Julia Budka: High administrative officer under Thutmose III . In: Gabriele Höber-Kamel (Ed.): Kemet Heft 3/2001 . Kemet Verlag, 2001, ISSN 0943-5972 , p. 31 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Budka: Kemet issue 3/2001 , 2001, p. 31.
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| SURNAME | Neferchau |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | ancient Egyptian official |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 16th century BC BC or 15th century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 15th century BC BC or 14th century BC Chr. |