Usersatet

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Rock inscription on the island of Sehel with picture and title of the usersatet

Usersatet was the king's son of Kush under the ancient Egyptian king Amenophis II. The king's son of Kush was one of the highest officials in the ancient Egyptian state. He administered the Nubian provinces.

Usersatet was the son of Siamun and Nenwenhermenetes, of which nothing is known. Siamun bore the title zab , but this does not indicate any specific function and was often carried by fathers in filiations. The name Usersatet may indicate that it comes from the region around Elephantine , as the goddess Satet was worshiped there. Usersatet means Satet is strong .

Usersatet is known from numerous monuments. A stele from Semna bears the ruler's year 23. This stele contains a copy of a royal letter and warns Usersatet that he should beware of subordinates, especially foreign women. He seems to have brought these women back from Syria as booty and indicates that Usersatet accompanied the ruler on his campaigns in Syria. The letter is said to have been written by the king himself. From other sources we learn that Usersatet was commissioned to clean canals near Aswan . A significant building by the Usersatet is a chapel near Qasr Ibrim . It was built in honor of Amenhotep II, but bears Usersatets name at the entrance and was therefore certainly built by him. The name and title of the usersatet have been eradicated on numerous monuments. This suggests that at some point in his career he fell out of favor. In the Wadi el Hudi there was a stele of the usersatet. He is represented on it in front of the goddesses Satis and Hathor .

Usersatets grave is not known, but it is believed to be in Thebes .

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Boston Museum of Fine Arts 25,632; Ronald J. Leprohon : Stelae II, The New Kingdom to the Coptic Period (= Corpus Antiquitatum Aegyptiacarum. [CAA] Loose-leaf catalog of egyptian antiquities, delivery 3) Museum of Fine Arts Boston. Department of Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art, Boston 1991; von Zabern, Mainz 1991, ISBN 3-8053-0996-1 , p. 3, 160-163; Museum database .
  2. ↑ Kate Liszka: Wadi el-Hudi Site 4: a lost amethyst mining settlement , in Egyptian Archeology 51, Autumn 2017, pp. 38-39
predecessor Office successor
Nehy Viceroy of Kush Amenhotep
personal data
SURNAME Usersatet
BRIEF DESCRIPTION ancient Egyptian official
DATE OF BIRTH 15th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 15th century BC BC or 14th century BC Chr.