Sesenebnef

Sesenebnef was the " highest reading priest " in the ancient Egyptian 13th dynasty (around 1700 to 1650 BC). He is best known from his grave in El Lisht . This grave was excavated around 1900 and contained the remains of two holly coffins, a canopic box and canopic jugs . The coffins were very dilapidated when they were found and could not be recovered. However, the inscriptions could still be copied, whereby only the outer decoration of the outer coffin and only the inner decoration of the inner coffin were copied. The inner coffin shows a device frieze, while the outer sides of the outer coffin were densely inscribed with hieroglyphics . These hieroglyphs show mutilated animals, especially the birds without legs. The inscriptions, especially those on the outer coffin, are among the longest texts of the Middle Kingdom . They are particularly noteworthy because they already show many compositions that are later known from the Book of the Dead .

literature

MM. J.-E. Gautier, G. Jéquier: Mémoire sur les Fouilles de light. Cairo, 1902, pp. 74-77, plates XVI-XXV

personal data
SURNAME	Sesenebnef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	ancient Egyptian civil servant, chief reading priest
DATE OF BIRTH	18th century BC BC or 17th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	17th century BC BC or 16th century BC Chr.