Nehi (vizier, 20th dynasty)
Nehi was an ancient Egyptian vizier of the 20th dynasty who lived under the king ( pharaoh ) Ramses VI. officiated. The vizier was the highest state office in ancient Egypt after the king. In the New Kingdom this office was often divided. There was one incumbent in Lower Egypt and another in Upper Egypt .
Nehi is only known of three objects. So his term in office was probably not very long. The remains of a statue were found in Deir el-Medine . He is mentioned on a relief block from Deir el-Bahari , on which the name of Ramses VI. appears. The block is lost today and is only known from an old copy. Another statue of the vizier comes from Armant . Because of the location of these objects, Nehi was certainly an Upper Egyptian vizier. The statues have been dated to the 19th Dynasty by some Egyptologists and therefore belong to another vizier named Nehi.
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literature
- Guido Dresbach: On the administration in the 20th dynasty: the vizier (= royalty, state and society of early high cultures. Vol. 9) Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 2012, ISBN 978-3-447-06656-3 , pp. 87-89.
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| SURNAME | Nehi |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Nehy |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | ancient Egyptian vizier of the 20th dynasty |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 12th century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 12th century BC Chr. |