Hetepi (''he who is satisfied'') was an
ancient Egyptian official of the
Third Dynasty under king
Djoser
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. Hetepi is mainly known from his monumental tomb found at
Abusir
Abusir ( ar, ابو صير ; Egyptian ''pr wsjr'' cop, ⲃⲟⲩⲥⲓⲣⲓ ' "the House or Temple of Osiris"; grc, Βούσιρις) is the name given to an Egyptian archaeological locality – specifically, an extensive necropolis o ...
-South. It belongs to the few well excavated and decorated Egyptian tombs of the Third Dynasty. The tomb was discovered in the winter season 1999–2000 by a
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expedition. Alone the huge size of the tomb underlines the importance of Hetepi.
Hetepi's tomb is a monumental
mastaba, almost 50 meters long. At the south east corner there are the remains of a chapel built into the mastaba. The mastaba was made of mud bricks, while the chapel was built of limestone blocks. Only the entrance of the chapel was decorated. On the south side of the entrance Hetepi is shown, standing. Next to him and in smaller scale, is depicted the ''steward'' (''imy-r pr'') Nakht, evidently a servant in Hetepi's household. This scene is only painted in black ink on the stones and is therefore unfinished. On the other side of the entrance is Hetepi shown sitting in front of an offering table. Under his chair is again shown the steward Nakhti. This scenes in carved as relief into stone.
Hetepi bears several titles; some of them are unique. He was ''strong of voice of the king, great one of the tens of the mansion of lifer and keeper of the secrets of the sekheru hall'', ''inspector of the custodians of the ornaments of the
Wadjet
Wadjet (; egy, wꜢḏyt "Green One"), known to the Greek world as Uto (; grc-koi, Οὐτώ) or Buto (; ) among other renderings including Wedjat, Uadjet, and Udjo, was originally the ancient local goddess of the city of Dep. It became part ...
phyle'' and ''inspector of the Estate, seat of the goddess Harmehit''.
[Bárta: ''Journey to the West, The world of the Old Kingdom tombs in Ancient Egypt'', 117-118]
References
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Priest Hetepi, the Oldest Known Face from Abusir{{Authority control
People of the Third Dynasty of Egypt
27th-century BC people
Ancient Egyptian officials