Rawer (vizier)

Rawer (vizier) in hieroglyphics
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Rawer was a high ancient Egyptian official of the 6th Dynasty . His most important office was that of the vizier , he also carried numerous other titles, including "Head of Upper Egypt".

Rawer is mainly known for his decorated mastaba , which is located in Saqqara near the Teti pyramid . The mastaba is small and only 6.83 meters long and 4.74 meters wide. The entrance is in the east. Inside there is a room completely decorated with reliefs. There are two false doors on the west wall, each with a sacrificial plaque in front of them. The other wall decorations show Rawer, sitting or standing with numerous offerers who bring him mainly food. What is remarkable is the absence of any family members in the representations. For this reason nothing can be said about the Rawer's family.

The name Rawer is scratched out in the grave. So he fell out of favor in the course of his career. Rawer is perhaps also known from a royal decree from Dahshur , which comes from Pepi I. In this decree a vizier also appears, whose name is also scratched out. The name is no longer legible, but fits in with the fact that the name Rawer was erased from his grave.

It is not known exactly when the mastaba was found and when it was first excavated. James Edward Quibell dug near the Teti pyramid, but does not mention Rawer's grave. Around 1920 Cecil Mallaby Firth was digging in the cemetery and there are indeed unpublished records on the tomb's inscriptions made by Battiscombe Gunn , who worked under Firth's supervision. In 1975 the mastaba was again excavated by the Egyptologist Said Amer el-Fikey , who then published it.

literature

Said Amer el-Fikey : The Tomb of the Vizier Re-wer at Saqqara. Aris & Phillips, Warminster 1980, ISBN 0-85668-158-X .

personal data
SURNAME	Rawer
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	ancient Egyptian official, vizier
DATE OF BIRTH	24th century BC BC or 23rd century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	23rd century BC BC or 22nd century BC Chr.