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Akhethotep (husband Of Meritites)
Akhethetep or Akhethotep may refer to: * Akhethetep (son of Ptahhotep) (), senior court official during the rule of Pharaoh Djedkare and Unas * Akhethetep (Old Kingdom official), possibly at the end of the 5th Dynasty or beginning of the 6th (24th century BC) * Akhethetep (Louvre mastaba), possibly at the end of the 5th Dynasty or beginning of the 6th (24th century BC) * Akhethetep Hemi, senior court official during the reign of Pharaoh Unas at the end of the 5th Dynasty (24th century BC) * Akhethetep (official) Akhethetep was an ancient Egyptian official of the Old Kingdom, who is known from his burial at Giza, excavated 1929–30 by the Egyptian Egyptologist Selim Hassan. Akhethetep had several rather modest titles, including ''ka-priest of the king's m ..., ancient Egyptian officer with modest job titles, dating unknown {{given name Ancient Egyptian given names ...
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Akhethetep (son Of Ptahhotep)
Akhethetep (also Akhethotep or Akhty-hotep) was a high dignitary of ancient Egypt who lived during the Fifth Dynasty around 2400 BC. Akhethotep and his son Ptahhotep Tjefi were senior court officials during the rule of Djedkare (2414–2375 BC) and of Unas (Wenis), towards the end of the 5th Dynasty (2494–2345 BC). Akhethetep's titles included that of a vizier, making him to the highest official at the royal court, only second to the king. He was also ''overseer of the treasuries'', ''overseer of the scribes of the king's documents'' and ''overseer of the granaries''. Akhethetep was the son of Ptahhotep. His father was vizier too. He is famous for his tomb, discovered in Saqqara. The plan was recorded by Mariette and it was published by N. de Garis Davies The Egyptologists Nina M. Davies (6 January 1881 – 21 April 1965) and Norman de Garis Davies (1865–5 November 1941) were a married couple of illustrators and copyists who worked in the early and mid-twentieth c ...
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Akhethetep (Old Kingdom Official)
Akhethetep or Akhethotep may refer to: * Akhethetep (son of Ptahhotep) (), senior court official during the rule of Pharaoh Djedkare and Unas * Akhethetep (Old Kingdom official), possibly at the end of the 5th Dynasty or beginning of the 6th (24th century BC) * Akhethetep (Louvre mastaba), possibly at the end of the 5th Dynasty or beginning of the 6th (24th century BC) * Akhethetep Hemi, senior court official during the reign of Pharaoh Unas at the end of the 5th Dynasty (24th century BC) * Akhethetep (official) Akhethetep was an ancient Egyptian official of the Old Kingdom, who is known from his burial at Giza, excavated 1929–30 by the Egyptian Egyptologist Selim Hassan. Akhethetep had several rather modest titles, including ''ka-priest of the king's m ..., ancient Egyptian officer with modest job titles, dating unknown {{given name Ancient Egyptian given names ...
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Akhethetep (Louvre Mastaba)
Akhethetep was an ancient Egyptian official of the Old Kingdom, perhaps dating to the end of the Fifth or the beginning of the Sixth Dynasty. He is mainly known from his mastaba that was found at Saqqara. Many decorated parts were brought to the Louvre. The mastaba of Akhethetep is inscribed with many religious titles, including ''priest of Heka'', ''priest of Khnum Khnum or also romanised Khnemu (; egy, 𓎸𓅱𓀭 ẖnmw, grc-koi, Χνοῦβις) was one of the earliest-known Egyptian deities, originally the god of the source of the Nile. Since the annual flooding of the Nile brought with it silt an ...'', and ''priest of Horus''. He was also ''sole friend'' and ''leader of the two thrones''. From the inscriptions in his tomb it is also possible to reconstruct his family. His wife is unknown, but he had at least three sons: Seankhuptah (I), Rekhuef (I) and Akhethetep (II). Rekhuef (I) is known from his own mastaba not far away from that of his father. Rekhuef (I) ha ...
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Akhethetep Hemi
Akhethetep Hemi was an ancient Egyptian official at the end of the Fifth Dynasty, most likely in office under king Unas. His highest title was that of a vizier, making him the most important official at the royal court, only second to the king. Next to the vizier's titles he was also overseer of the treasuries, overseer of the scribes of the king's document and overseer of the double granary; all these were important positions at the royal court. Akhethetep Hemi is mainly known from his mastaba not far from the Pyramid of Unas, that was excavated and published by Selim Hassan Selim Hassan ( ar, سليم حسن; born on 15 April 1886 – 1961) was an Egyptian Egyptologist. He was the first native Egyptian to be appointed Professor of Egyptology at the University of Cairo, a post he held from 1936 to 1939. He was then .... The mastaba was later usurped by an official called Nebkauher. It often remains difficult to decide which titles in the tomb decoration belong to one or the o ...
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Akhethetep (official)
Akhethetep was an ancient Egyptian official of the Old Kingdom, who is known from his burial at Giza, excavated 1929–30 by the Egyptian Egyptologist Selim Hassan. Akhethetep had several rather modest titles, including ''ka-priest of the king's mother'', ''scribe of the treasury'' or ''inspector of the scribes of the granary''. He was also ''inspector of scribes at Akhet-Khufu''. Akhet-Khufu is the pyramid of king Khufu. His wife was a woman called Nikauhathor. In his tomb are also mentioned on a false door a certain Kainefer and a woman called Peseshet. The latter with the title ''overseer of the physicians'', perhaps the first female doctor known by name. The relationship of these two people to Akhethetep is unknown. Selim Hassan wonders whether they were his parents. Akhethetep was buried in a mastaba A mastaba (, or ), also mastabah, mastabat or pr- djt (meaning "house of stability", " house of eternity" or "eternal house" in Ancient Egyptian), is a type of ancient Egyptia ...
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