Mesehti
Mesehti | |
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Nomarch of the 13th nomos of Upper Egypt | |
Dynasty | 11th dynasty |
Burial | Asyut |
Mesehti was an ancient Egyptian nomarch of the 13th nomos of Upper Egypt ("the Upper Sycamore") around 2000 BCE, during the 11th Dynasty. He also was seal-bearer and overseer of the priests of Wepwawet.
Tomb
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Mesehti in hieroglyphs | |||||
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Era: Middle Kingdom (2055–1650 BC) | |||||
Mesehti is well known for his funerary equipment, found in
Among the objects of the funerary equipment, the most famous are the wooden models of soldiers: a group of striding Egyptian spearmen[1] equipped with a hide shield and a white skirt, and another group composed of 40 striding nubian archers,[2] darker-skinned and wearing a red loincloth.
The tomb also contained two large wooden coffins[3] whose interior is richly decorated with Coffin Texts; these coffins are among the main sources for this type of religious texts, which were much used during the First Intermediate Period and the Middle Kingdom.
References
Bibliography
- Michael Rice, Who is who in Ancient Egypt, 1999 (2004), p. 115. Routledge, London, ISBN 0-203-44328-4.