Sechemkare (vizier)

Sechemkare in hieroglyphics
Sechemkare (Sechem ka Re) Sḫm k3 Rˁ Mighty is the Ka des Re

Sechemkare was a prince of the ancient Egyptian 4th dynasty . He was a son of Pharaoh Chephren and his wife Hekenuhedjet . Probably during the reign of Userkaf and Sahure , the first two rulers of the 5th Dynasty , he held the office of vizier and was thus the highest official after the king. Chufu […] et is known as the wife of the Sechemkare, but her name is only incompletely passed down.

His grave

Sechemkare owns the rock grave LG 89 on the Central Field in Giza . The grave consists of two rooms, which are provided with numerous reliefs. The rear, smaller room above the entrance contains a list of the names of Chephren, Mykerinos , Sheepseskaf , Userkaf and Sahure.

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. 575 ( PDF; 16.7 MB ).
• Aidan Dodson , Dyan Hilton: The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt . The American University in Cairo Press, London 2004, pp. 52-61, ISBN 977-424-878-3
• Karl Richard Lepsius : Monuments from Egypt and Ethiopia. 12 table volumes, 5 text volumes, Nicolaische Buchhandlung, Berlin 1849–1859 ( online version )
  • First volume of text: Lower Egypt and Memphis. Pp. 108–111 ( PDF; 19 MB )
  • Second section: Monuments of the Old Kingdom. Volume III. Table 41–42 ( PDF; 16.4 MB )
• Bertha Porter , Rosalind LB Moss : Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs and Paintings. Volume III: Memphis. 2nd Edition. Oxford University Press, Oxford 1974, pp. 233–234 ( PDF 30.5 MB )
• George Andrew Reisner : A History of the Giza Necropolis. Volume I, Harvard University Press, Harvard 1942, pp. 223-224, figure 128 ( PDF; 249.8 MB )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ KR Lepsius: Monuments from Egypt and Ethiopia. Second section: Monuments of the Old Kingdom. Volume III, plate 41.