Ruaben
Ruaben in hieroglyphics | ||||
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Surname |
Niruab (Ni Ruab) Nj Rw3b The one belonging to the god Ruab |
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title |
Medjehu-genuti Mḏḥw-gnwṯj |
Ruaben , after a more likely reading more likely Niruab (in proper name spelling ), was a high ancient Egyptian official under King ( Pharaoh ) Ninetjer during the 2nd Dynasty .
Office
Ruaben had a title that is rarely used and is therefore interpreted differently: "Medjehu-genutj". Walter B. Emery interpreted him as the " overseer of the sculptors ", while Peter Kaplony and Wolfgang Helck interpret him as " master carver and painter ". Ruaben may have been the overseer of the stone transport in the royal shipyard , since inscriptions on vessels from his grave mention two important types of ships in addition to the nebti name of the Ninetjer.
dig
His grave, Mastaba S2302 , is in Saqqara and, at 58 m × 32.6 m, is one of the largest private graves of this time, which underlines a special position of Ruaben. It also has by far the most extensive and complex internal structure.
See also
literature
- Alexander Badawy: A history of Egyptian architecture. Volume 1. Studio Misr, Cairo 1954, pp. 40-43. (1990: ISBN 1-85417-053-8 )
- Walter Bryan Emery: Archaic Egypt . Penguin Books, Harmondsworth 1961. (from 1972: ISBN 0-14-020462-8 )
- Wolfgang Helck: Investigations into the thinite age. (= Egyptological treatises vol. 45). Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 1987, ISBN 3-447-02677-4 .
- Peter Kaplony: The inscriptions of the early Egyptian period I. Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 1963.
- James Edward Quibell : Excavations at Saqqara (1912-1914), Archaic Mastabas. Cairo 1923, pp. 29-30, Plot I, XVII.4, XXX
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Walter Bryan Emery: Archaic Egypt . Pp. 94-95 and 103.
- ↑ Wolfgang Helck: Investigations on the thinite age . P. 196.
- ↑ Quibell: Excavations at Saqqara (1912-1914), Archaic Mastabas. Cairo 1923, pp. 29-30, Plot I, XVII.4, XXX.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Ruaben |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ni-Ruab |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | ancient Egyptian official under Pharaoh Ninetjer during the 2nd Dynasty |
DATE OF BIRTH | around 29th century BC Chr. |
DATE OF DEATH | around 28th century BC Chr. |