Sechemkasedj

Sedjesechemka in hieroglyphics
Surname	Sechemkasedj (Sechem ka sedj) Sḫm k3 sḏ
1st title	Adj-mer ˁḏ-mr administrator
2nd title	Adj-mer-Hor-sixenti-dju ˁḏ-mr-Ḥr. (W) -sḫnty-ḏw Manager of the facility "Horus towers over the mountains"

Sechemkasedj (also Sechemka-sedj or Sechem-ka-sedj ) was a high Egyptian official who held office under various rulers in the 1st Dynasty ( early Dynasty ).

supporting documents

As seal rolls from the Abydos tomb of King Djer prove, he began his career under this ruler. At that time he was probably the “administrator of the royal domains ” ( adj-mer-wadj-Hor ) of the Wadji . Under Wadji he became the “head” ( cherep ) of this facility and was probably the most important official at the royal court. His name appeared next to the king's name on many objects. Sedjesechemka's tenure probably ended in the first years of Den's reign , when his mother Meritneith ruled. Now he was administrator of another royal domain ( adj-mer-hor-sixenti-dju ).

dig

The last resting place of Sechemkasedj is the mastaba S3504 in Saqqara .

See also

• Ancient Egyptian official and function titles

literature

• Toby AH Wilkinson : Early Dynastic Egypt . Routledge, London 1999, ISBN 0-4151-8633-1 , pp. 124 and 146-147.
• Dilwyn Jones: An Index of ancient Egyptian titles, epithets and phrases of the Old Kingdom. Archaeopress, Oxford 2000, ISBN 1-8417-1069-5 , p. 602, Volume 2, No. 2209

Web links

• Touregypt: The possible grave of the Sechemkasedj
• Annual tablets with the name of Sechemkasedj
• Sechemkasedj's name on the ivory tablets No. 1, 2, 7, 8, 10 & 11; Tomb of Wadji

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} W. M. Flinders Petrie : The Royal Tombs of the first dynasty. 1900. Part I (= Memoir of the Egypt Exploration Fund. Volume 18). Egypt Exploration Fund et al., London 1900, Plate XVIII., No. 6 ( digitization ).
2. ^ Dilwyn Jones: An Index of Ancient Egyptian Titles, Epithets and Phrases of the Old Kingdom . Oxford 2000, p. 602, no.2209.