Setau
Setau | |
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Viceroy of Kush | |
19th Dynasty | |
Pharaoh | Ramesses II |
Father | Siwadjet |
Mother | An, chantress of Amun |
Wife | Nofretmut |
Burial | TT289 in Thebes |
Setau was the
I was one whom his Lord caused to instructed....as a ward of the palace. I grew up in the royal abode when I was a youth...I was provided for with bread and beer from all the royal meals. I came forth as a scribe from the school, I was appointed to be Chief Scribe of the Vizier; I assessed the whole land with a scroll. A task I being equal to the task.[2]
Viceroy of Kush
Setau attracted the king's attention and records that he was promoted "to be High Steward of Amen. I served as Superintendent of the Treasury and Festival Leader of Amen" before finally being appointed as the Viceroy of Nubia.[3]
Setau was determined to set out his mark in Nubia and records that he:
directed serfs in their thousands and ten-thousands, and Nubians in hundred-thousands, without limit. I brought all the dues of the land of Kush in double measure. I caused the people to come in submission. Then I was commissioned to build the temple of Ramesses II in the Domain of Amun [ie. Wadi es-Sebua].[2]
Apart from the temple of Wadi es-Sebua, Setau also erected another temple at
Setau also built or renovated at a temple at El-Kab.
Burial
Setau's tomb (TT289) is located in the Dra' Abu el-Naga' area of the Theban Necropolis.
The tomb is large and decorated with scenes ranging from a funeral procession, to scenes from the Book of the Dead, to scenes of Setau – sometimes with his wife Nofretmut – before deities. Finds include the aforementioned fragments of the granite sarcophagus of Setau, and a coffin lid of Setau's wife with figures of Thoth and Imset. Setau reused the pyramid belonging to tomb 288, which belonged to Bekenkhons, whose tomb is also dated to the Ramesside period.[6]
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Floor plan of Setau's tomb, TT289
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Sarcophagus lid of Setau (British Museum)
References
- ^ a b Tyldesley (2001), p. 167
- ^ a b c d e f Oakes (2003), p. 203
- ^ a b Tyldesley (2001), p. 168
- ^ a b c Grimal (1992), p. 260
- ^ Abbas, Mohamed, Historical Observations on the Military Role of Three Ramesside Viceroys of Kush, pp. 35–36
- ^ Porter & Moss (1994)
Bibliography
- Grimal, Nicolas (1992). A History of Ancient Egypt. Blackwell Books. ISBN 9780631193968.
- Oakes, Lorna (2003). Pyramids, Temples and Tombs of Ancient Egypt: An Illustrated Atlas of the Land of the Pharaohs. Hermes House: Anness Publishing.
- Porter, B.; Moss, R. L. B. (1994). Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs and Paintings: The Theban Necropolis, Part One: Private Tombs (2nd ed.). Oxford: Griffith Institute.
- Tyldesley, Joyce (2001). Ramesses: Egypt's Greatest Pharaohs. Penguin Books. ISBN 978-0-14-194978-9.