Sesostrisanch (vizier)

Stela of Sesostrisanch

Sesostrisanch was an ancient Egyptian vizier at the end of the 12th or the beginning of the 13th dynasty (around 1800 BC).

Sesostrisanch is known as a vizier from a group statue showing him, his wife Henutsen and his daughter Satamun. There is also a stele , which was erected in honor of Sesostrisanch by his caretaker and is now in Florence . The statue was found in Ugarit (in present-day Syria ) and, in older research, gave rise to speculation that the vizier was staying in this city for a diplomatic mission. The more recent research suggests, however, that the statue was brought to Ugarit from Egypt at an unspecified time, either as trade or as booty in a war.

Sesostrisanch is also known from a number of rock inscriptions in the region of Aswan , where he bears the titles "field chief " and " scribe of the king's charter in his presence ". So he held this post before his promotion to vizier. Since the same persons appear in these inscriptions as on the stele and statue, the identification seems certain.

Since no royal name appears on any monument of Sesostrisanch, its exact date is uncertain.

literature

• 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 , dossier 501-503.