Udjahorresnet

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Udjahorresnet in hieroglyphics
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Udjahorresnet
(Udja Hor res net)
Wḏ3 Ḥr (.w) rs nt

Udjahorresnet was a high Egyptian official at the end of the 26th and the beginning of the 27th Dynasty . His main title was that of chief physician.

supporting documents

Statue of the Udjahorresnet in the Museo Gregoriano Egizio

Udjahorresnet was buried in Abusir , where his gigantic shaft grave was found and was excavated from 1980 to 1993. However, it had already been looted. Udjahorresnet is best known for its statue , which is now kept in the Museo Gregoriano Egizio in Rome . There is a detailed biography of Udjahorresnet on this statue . This text is particularly noteworthy because Udjahorresnet mentions the arrival of the Persians and presents himself as loyal subordinates of Cambyses II and Darius I. It is so far the only Egyptian source that dates from the arrival of the Persians in 525 BC. Chr. Reported.

meaning

The person of the Udjahorresnet is controversial in research. Older researchers in particular saw Udjahorresnet as a traitor to the Egyptians, while more recent investigations are more cautious in their judgment.

literature

To the autobiographical inscription

  • John Baines: On the Composition and Inscriptions of the Vatican Statue of Udjahorresne. In: Peter Der Manuelian (Ed.): Studies in Honor of William Kelly Simpson. Volume 1, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 1996, ISBN 0-87846-390-9 , pp. 83-92.
  • Alan B. Lloyd: The Inscription of Udjahorresnet. A collaborator's will. In: Journal of Egyptian archeology. (JEA) Vol. 68, 1982, pp. 166-180.
  • Georges Posener : La Première Domination Perse en Égypte. Recueil d'Inscriptions Hiéroglyphiques. In: Bibliothèque d'Étude. (BdE) Volume 11, Cairo 1936, pp. 1-26.
  • Ursula Rössler-Köhler: On the text composition of the naophoric statue of the Udjahorresnet / Vatican Inv. No. 196. In: Göttinger Miscellen . (GM) Vol. 85, 1985, pp. 43-54.
  • Heike Sternberg-el Hotabi : Source texts on the history of the first and second Persian times in Egypt. (= Introductions and source texts on Egyptology. Volume 11). Lit, Berlin / Münster 2017, ISBN 978-3-6431-3817-0 , pp. 15–32.

To the grave in the necropolis of Abusir

  • Ladislav Bareš, Květa Smoláriková, Evžen Strouhal: Abusir IV, The Shaft Tomb of Udjahorresnet at Abusir. Universitas Carolina Pragensis, Prague 1999, ISBN 80-7184-822-0 .
  • Miroslav Verner : La tombe d'Oudjahorresnet et le cimetière saïto-perse d'Abousir. In: Bulletin de l'Institut français d'archéologie orientale. (BIFAO) Volume 89, Imprimerie de l'Institut français d'archeologie orientale (IFAO), Le Caire 1989, pp. 283-290.

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personal data
SURNAME Udjahorresnet
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wḏ3-ḥr.w-rs-nt (Egyptian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Egyptian civil servant, chief physician
DATE OF BIRTH 6th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 6th century BC BC or 5th century BC Chr.