Ruiu

Ruiu was a

Ruiu is mainly known from monuments of his children, and the only known monument commissioned by Ruiu himself is a stela that was bought onto Elephantine dedicated to his parents, his father Teti Djawia and his mother Ahhotep.^[2] The monument today is located in the Pushkin Museum in Moscow.

Otherwise, Ruiu is mainly known from the inscriptions of his sons Djehutyhotep and Amenemhat. They also became chief of Teh-khet. In their inscriptions, they often mention that they were begotten of Ruiu. ^[3] Ruiu was the brother of a certain official called Senmose who had a decorated tomb chapel at Qubbet el-Hawa.^[4] It is, therefore, possible to reconstruct a family of local, Nubian officials whose family members were in charge over three generations.

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