Tjauti

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Tjauti was a high ancient Egyptian local prince who officiated at the very end of the Old Kingdom (around 2200 BC) in the 5th Upper Egyptian Gau . Tjauti is known for a number of monuments that testify to its importance. A false door , once about 2.2 m high , was made by him and was found near Khozam in Upper Egypt in the 5th district. This monument once adorned his grave and is made of greywacke . This rock is mined in the Wadi Hammamat . The material and the size alone attest to the importance of this person. On the monument he bears the important title of ruler of Upper Egypt . Tjauti is also known from a rock inscription where he also bears the title beloved Father of God . Furthermore he is probably mentioned in three inscriptions from the Wadi Hammamat. The assignment to the same Tjauti is controversial in research, since it appears here with the name variant Tjauti-iqer. The inscriptions come from a certain Idi , who definitely dates to the end of the 8th Dynasty and thus to the end of the Old Kingdom. Idi reports how he breaks stones for Tjauti-iqer, which in turn is extraordinary, since in such inscriptions the king is usually the superior for whom stones are broken.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Cairo, Egyptian Museum , catalog number (Catalog Generale): CG 57201.
  2. ↑ Maha Farid Mostafa: The Mastaba of SmAj at Naga 'Kom el-Koffar, Qift. Volume I: Autobiographies and related scenes and texts. Ministry of Antiquities and Heritage, Cairo 2014, ISBN 978-977-6420-04-5 , p. 203.
  3. ^ MF Mostafa: The Mastaba of SmAj at Naga 'Kom el-Koffar, Qift. Vol. I, Cairo 2014, p. 200.
  4. ↑ Edward Brovarski: Overseers of Upper Egypt in the Old to Middle Kingdoms. In: Journal for Egyptian Language and Antiquity. (ZÄS) Volume 140, Issue 2, Leipzig 2013, p. 104.
  5. ^ MF Mostafa: The Mastaba of SmAj at Naga 'Kom el-Koffar, Qift. Vol. I, Cairo 2014, pp. 109–111.
personal data
SURNAME Tjauti
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tjauti-iqer
BRIEF DESCRIPTION ancient Egyptian official
DATE OF BIRTH 23rd century BC BC or 22nd century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 23rd century BC BC or 22nd century BC Chr.