Si (civil servant)

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Si in hieroglyphics
Surname
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Si
Sjj
1st title
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Sehedj-en-hemu-ka-Sened
Sḥḏ-n-ḥmw-k3-Snd
Overseer of the Ka servants of Sened
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Image of the Si in the mastaba of the Scheri

Si (also Sij ) is the name of a high ancient Egyptian official and priest from the transition period from the end of the 3rd dynasty to the beginning of the 4th dynasty .

He is only attested by a mention on the false door of his board member Scheri . There he bears the title of "Overseer of the Ka servants of King Sened ". Nothing is known about the family and the grave. Dietrich Wildung sees in him a possible relative of the Scheri and the Inkef . For Egyptology , Si is of a certain interest despite being mentioned once, as it was obviously involved in the cult of the dead around King Sened . Sened's name appears in the inscription in a royal cartouche , which is an anachronism : Royal cartouches were only included in the royal title under King Huni (end of the 3rd dynasty).

See also

literature

  • Auguste Mariette : Les mastabas de l'ancien empire. Fragment du dernier ouvrage. Publié d'après le Manuscrit de l'Auteur par Gaston Maspero . Vieweg, Paris 1889, p. 93 ( online ).
  • Hermann Ranke : The ancient Egyptian personal names. Volumes 1–3, Augustin, Glückstadt / Hamburg / New York 1935 ( online as PDF ).
  • Wolfgang Helck : Comments on the pyramid cities in the Old Kingdom. In: Communications from the German Archaeological Institute, Cairo Department. (MDAIK). Volume 15, 1957, ISSN  0342-1279 , pp. 91-111, here p. 93.
  • Dietrich Wildung : The role of Egyptian kings in the consciousness of their posterity. Volume 1: Posthumous sources on the kings of the first four dynasties (= Munich Egyptological Studies. [MÄS] Volume 17, ZDB -ID 500317-9 ). B. Hessling, Berlin 1969, p. 47ff. (At the same time: dissertation, University of Munich).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Transcription after Hermann Ranke: The ancient Egyptian personal names. Volume 1, Glückstadt u. a. 1935, p. 295, no.23.
  2. ↑ Dietrich Wildung: The role of Egyptian kings ... Berlin 1969, pp. 47–48.
personal data
SURNAME Si
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sij
BRIEF DESCRIPTION ancient Egyptian official
DATE OF BIRTH 28th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 27th century BC Chr.