Nehi (or Nehy) was an Ancient Egyptian official with the titles of a

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– the governor of the

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n provinces which were under Egyptian control. Nehy was in office under

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. There are several inscriptions of Nehy found in Nubia, attesting building activity at several places. Nehy was buried at Thebes although the exact location of his tomb is lost. However, in the

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is preserved his monumental sarcophagus made of limestone. Sarcophagi for officials are rare in this period providing evidence for the high social status of Nehy in his time.

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: ''Nehy, prince et premiere rapporteur du roi'', In: Isabelle Regen, Frédéric Servajan (Hrsg): ''Verba manent, Recueil d'etudes dédiées à Dimitri Meeks par ses collègues et amis''. Montpellier 2009 (''Cahiers Égypte Nilotique et Méditerranéenne''. 2. ), S. 241-251. *

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, in: ''Lexikon der Ägyptologie III'', Wiesbaden 1980, page 631-32 {{DEFAULTSORT:Nehi Viceroys of Kush Officials of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt