Senior asset manager
| Senior asset managers in hieroglyphics | ||||
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Imi-ra-per-wer Jmj-r3-pr-wr senior asset manager |
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The senior asset manager , also known as the " Oberhausvorsteher ", " Obergütervorsteher " or " Oberdomänenverwalter ", was an important office at the ancient Egyptian court from the Middle Kingdom until the late period .
The office has been attested by the title holder Meketre since the early 12th dynasty . The function of a “ state asset manager ” (imi-ra-per) was previously performed by a simple administrative officer (e.g. Henenu ). The chief asset manager was responsible for the royal and state lands and domains . The properties mostly had the function of supplying the palace and its employees with food. The position of senior asset manager represented one of the highest official titles at the royal court. In the 12th dynasty there was one official with this title; from the 13th dynasty , however, several officials could wear it.
During the 18th dynasty in particular , this office was associated with great power, as the senior asset managers controlled the country's economic resources . They often began their careers as soldiers . Their graves are among the largest of their time, but were often devastated while the officials were still alive or shortly afterwards, which suggests power struggles at court. Well-known titleholders were Senenmut under Hatshepsut or Haremhab before he became king ( Pharaoh ).
In the 19th dynasty the importance decreased somewhat. Since the New Kingdom , administrators of the Amun domains and other domains have also carried the title. Upper property managers are well attested even in the late period, especially the property managers of the divine consorts of Amun carried this title and were again powerful officials who seem to have been the real rulers of Upper Egypt .
See also
literature
- Hans-Wolfgang Helck : The influence of the military leaders in the 18th Egyptian dynasty (= studies of the history and antiquity of Egypt. Vol. 14). Hinrichs, Leipzig 1939 (at the same time: Göttingen, Phil. Diss.).
- Stephen Quirke: Titles and bureaux of Egypt 1850-1700 BC (= Egyptology 1). Golden House Publications, London 2004, ISBN 0-9547218-0-2 , pp. 50-51 and 61.