The Offices and Career of +aw / ^mAi of Deir El-Gebrawi | ||
| مجلة کلية الآثار . جامعة القاهرة | ||
| Volume 14, Issue 26, 2023, Pages 21-69 PDF (992.57 K) | ||
| Document Type: المقالة الأصلية | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/jarch.2023.277018 | ||
| Author | ||
| Ahmed Hamdy Abdelmoniem | ||
| Abstract | ||
| +aw / ^mAi was one of the members of Ibi’s family that ruled the Eighth and the Twelfth nomes of Upper Egypt for three generations respectively during the sixth dynasty. +aw / ^mAi was the son of Ibi who took over him in both nomes then after the death of +aw / ^mAi his son who was called also +aw, the grand son of Ibi, took the charge of both nomes by the end of the sixth dynasty. The aim of this article is to examine the titles and offices held by +aw / ^mAi which were registered on the tomb walls of tomb 12 at Deir el Gebrawi which was designated to be the eternal residence for him and his son +aw. The paper states a detailed discussion on the different offices that he held during his long career. It also discusses the reading of each title, the tasks carried out by its holder and the nature of each title whether it was an actual title with a real office or a honorific one. Thus, in order to suggest a possible hierarchy for +aw / ^mAi and to shed light on his responsibilities in these several offices which he was occupied. Finally, The article proposes three different career paths that +aw / ^mAi passed by during his long resplendent career. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| +aw; ^mAi; Deir El Gebrawi; Overseer of Upper Egypt; Abydos; offices | ||
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