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Ity Edition
The pyramid of Ity was probably the tomb of Pharaoh who reigned during the 8th dynasty. It has never been discovered and is known only from a cliff-face inscription at Wadi Hammamat in the Eastern Desert, where there were several quarries in Pharaonic times. The name of the pyramid, ''Baw-Iti'' ("the power of Ity"), may be a direct reference to the name of the pyramid of Neferefre, ''Netjeri-baw-Ra-nefer-ef'' ("the power of Neferefre is divine"), from the 5th Dynasty. The inscription in Wadi Hammamat The partially damaged inscription records that two ship captains, Ipi and Nikauptah, had been sent on an expedition to the site in order to acquire building material for a pyramid in the first year of Ipi's reign. The inscription's statement of the number of troops on the expedition is damaged and may have been inscribed wrongly, so that it is uncertain what it said: Wolfgang Schenkel reads 200 rowers, 400(?) pioneers (?) and 200 ''rtn'', while Christoffer Theis reads 200 soldiers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Ity (Pharaoh)
The pyramid of Ity was probably the tomb of Pharaoh who reigned during the 8th dynasty. It has never been discovered and is known only from a cliff-face inscription at Wadi Hammamat in the Eastern Desert, where there were several quarries in Pharaonic times. The name of the pyramid, ''Baw-Iti'' ("the power of Ity"), may be a direct reference to the name of the pyramid of Neferefre, ''Netjeri-baw-Ra-nefer-ef'' ("the power of Neferefre is divine"), from the 5th Dynasty. The inscription in Wadi Hammamat The partially damaged inscription records that two ship captains, Ipi and Nikauptah, had been sent on an expedition to the site in order to acquire building material for a pyramid in the first year of Ipi's reign. The inscription's statement of the number of troops on the expedition is damaged and may have been inscribed wrongly, so that it is uncertain what it said: Wolfgang Schenkel reads 200 rowers, 400(?) pioneers (?) and 200 ''rtn'', while Christoffer Theis reads 200 soldi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |