Washing ptah

Waschptah (the second name Izi ) was an ancient Egyptian official of the 5th Dynasty under King Neferirkare . His most important title was that of a vizier . This made him the most important man in the state after the king ( Pharaoh ). In addition to the title of vizier, he also had other important titles such as "Head of all the king's work" and "Head of the scribes of the king's documents".

Waschptah is best known from his mastaba in Saqqara . There was a badly damaged biographical inscription, which reports that Waschptah visited a building project of the king and apparently had an accident there. The king sent for help, but Waschptah appears to have died. The ruler ordered the construction of a grave and the establishment of a cult of the dead. The inscription itself is from the eldest son of Waschptah.

literature

James Henry Breasted : Ancient records of Egypt historical documents from earliest times to the persian conquest, collected edited and translated with commentary. Volume I: The First to the Seventeenth Dynasties. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago 1906.
Auguste Mariette , Gaston Maspero : Les mastabas de l'Ancien Empire: Fragment du dernier ouvrage de A. Mariette, publié d'après le manuscrit de l'auteur. F. Vieweg, Paris 1889.
Nigel Strudwick: The Administration of Egypt in the Old Kingdom: The Highest Titles and Their Holders (= Studies in Egyptology. ). Kegan Paul International (KPI), London / Boston 1985, ISBN 978-0-7103-0107-9 ( full text as PDF file ).

Individual evidence

^ N. Strudwick: The Administration of Egypt in the Old Kingdom: The Highest Titles and Their Holders. London / Boston 1985, p. 79.
↑ A. Mariette, G. Maspero: Les mastabas de l'Ancien Empire: Fragment du dernier ouvrage de A. Mariette, publié d'après le manuscrit de l'auteur. Paris 1889, pp. 267-271.
↑ JH Breasted: Ancient records of Egypt historical documents from earliest times to the persian conquest, collected edited and translated with commentary. Volume I, Chicago 1906, pp. 111-113.

personal data
SURNAME	Washing ptah
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Izi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	ancient Egyptian vizier
DATE OF BIRTH	25th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	25th century BC Chr.

[1] N. Strudwick: The Administration of Egypt in the Old Kingdom: The Highest Titles and Their Holders. London / Boston 1985, p. 79.

[2] A. Mariette, G. Maspero: Les mastabas de l'Ancien Empire: Fragment du dernier ouvrage de A. Mariette, publié d'après le manuscrit de l'auteur. Paris 1889, pp. 267-271.

[3] JH Breasted: Ancient records of Egypt historical documents from earliest times to the persian conquest, collected edited and translated with commentary. Volume I, Chicago 1906, pp. 111-113.