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Herfu
Herfu was an Ancient Egyptian treasurer in the Thirteenth Dynasty. As treasurer (imi-r xtmt) he was one of the highest officials at the royal court. Herfu is known from a number of objects, although very little is actually known about his life. The highest number of objects belonging to him are several scarab seals. On one of these he is ''high steward'' (imi-r pr wr), making it possible to reconstruct a career from a high steward to a ''treasurer''. In the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology The Petrie Museum of Egyptian and Sudanese Archaeology in London is part of University College London Museums and Collections. The museum contains over 80,000 objects, making it one of the world's largest collections of Egyptian and Sudanese ma ... (UC 16366) there is a weight with his name and titles. On a statue now in the Brooklyn Museum, his name is only partly preserved.Connor, S. 2020. Être et paraître, Statues royales et privées de la fin du Moyen Empire et de la Deuxième Péri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Treasurer (Ancient Egypt)
The Treasurer (or often also translated as Chancellor) in Ancient Egypt is the modern translation of the title ''imi-r ḫtmt'' (word by word: ''Overseer of the Seal'' or ''Overseer of sealed things''). The office is known since the end of the Old Kingdom, where people with this title appear sporadically in the organization of private estates. In the Middle Kingdom, the office became one of the most important ones at the royal court. At the end of the 18th Dynasty The Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt (notated Dynasty XVIII, alternatively 18th Dynasty or Dynasty 18) is classified as the first dynasty of the New Kingdom of Egypt, the era in which ancient Egypt achieved the peak of its power. The Eighteenth Dynasty ..., the title lost its importance, although the famous Chancellor Bay, Bay had this office. In the later New Kingdom of Egypt, New Kingdom the function of a treasurer was overtaken by the ''Overseer of the treasuries, overseer of the treasury''. The treasurer was responsible ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |