Redjit

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Redjit in hieroglyphics
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Shoulder of the Redjit (back) with the names of Horus from Hetepsechemui, Nebre and Ninetjer .

Redjit (sometimes also Redjef ) was a high ancient Egyptian official and priest in the late 2nd Dynasty . It used to be wrongly called " Hetepdjef ". Which king ( Pharaoh ) he served is unknown.

supporting documents

A statuette made of polished, light-colored granite has survived from Redjit . It shows him in a kneeling position and with a round curly wig. On the back of his shoulder are engraved the names of Horus of the first three rulers of the 2nd dynasty: Hetepsechemui , Nebre and Ninetjer . The rare depiction of the god Netjer-Akhti follows immediately . According to Dietrich Wildung , it could also be the deity Djebauti (Zebauti). There is an inscription on the base of the statuette that identifies Redjit as the “ chief engraver ” and “lover of Netjer-Akhti” . Redjit performed the funeral service for the rulers just mentioned in the royal necropolis of Memphis . The precious artifact was found in Mit Rahine .

See also

literature

  • Michel Baud : Famille royale et pouvoir sous l'Ancien Empire égyptien. Tome 2 (= Bibliothèque d'Étude. Volume 126/2). Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale, Cairo 1999, ISBN 2-7247-0250-6 , p. 516 ( PDF; 16.7 MB ).
  • Henry George Fischer: An Egyptian Royal Stela of the Second Dynasty. In: Artibus Asiae. Vol. 24, No. 1, 1961, ISSN  0004-3648 , Institute of Fine Arts, Ascona / Boston 1961, pp. 45-56.
  • Toby Wilkinson: Early Dynastic Egypt . Routledge, London / New York 1999, ISBN 0-4151-8633-1 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Toby Wilkinson: Early Dynastic Egypt . London / New York 1999, pp. 83 and 85.
personal data
SURNAME Redjit
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Redjef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Official and priest in the late second Egyptian dynasty
DATE OF BIRTH around 29th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH around 28th century BC Chr.