Sesostris (vizier)

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Sesostris in hieroglyphics
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(Sesostris)
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man of Wosret

Sesostris was an ancient Egyptian vizier who officiated under Sesostris I and Amenemhet II .

supporting documents

Sesostris is known from a stele from Abydos , which is dated to the eighth year of the reign of Amenemhet II. He is mentioned in the tomb of Amenemhet in Beni Hasan , where he and the Gau prince were on the way to Koptos on behalf of the king . The inscription dates to the 43rd year of the reign of Sesostris I.

Since Sesostris bears the name of King Sesostris I, it can be assumed with all due caution that he was born under this ruler. At the beginning of his career he was therefore not much older than about 40 years. Sesostris was probably buried in el-Lisht . There was a mastaba (no. 758) that belonged to a Sesostris. The building was very destroyed and only the smallest relief fragments have been preserved. The attribution is not entirely certain. The actual mastaba was about 12 x 26 m. It probably had an inner courtyard with columns, but it was no longer possible for the excavators to reconstruct a plan. The mastaba was surrounded by a wall, which resulted in an enclosure of 30.4 × 35.8 m. The later burial of Senebtisi was found in the tomb complex .

His title

Sesostris holds the title of member of the elite , foremost in action, royal sealer and only friend . In addition, he still bears the typical titles of a vizier: head of the city, that of the curtain, official and vizier .

See also

literature

  • James P. Allen: The high officials of the early Middle Kingdom. In: Nigel Strudwick, John H Taylor (Eds.): The Theban necropolis: past, present, and future. British Museum Press, London 2003, ISBN 978-0-7141-2247-2 , p. 25.
  • Detlef Franke : Personal data from the Middle Kingdom (20th - 16th century BC) Dossiers 1 - 796 (= Ägyptologische Abhandlungen. Vol. 41). Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 1984, ISBN 3-447-02484-4 , p. 301, no. 490.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Paris, Louvre C4
  2. ^ Dieter Arnold : Middle Kingdom Tomb Architecture at Lisht. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 2008, ISBN 978-1-58839-194-0 , pp. 77–82, plates 146b, 147–158.
personal data
SURNAME Sesostris
BRIEF DESCRIPTION ancient Egyptian vizier
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 20th century BC Chr.