Horkherty was an Ancient Egyptian official of the Twelfth Dynasty under king

Senusret III Khakaure Senusret III (also written as Senwosret III or the hellenised form, Sesostris III) was a pharaoh of Ancient Egypt, Egypt. He ruled from 1878 BC to 1839 BC during a time of great power and prosperity, and was the fifth king of the Twelfth ...

. Horkherty is so far only known from his

mastaba A mastaba ( , or ), also mastabah or mastabat) is a type of ancient Egyptian tomb in the form of a flat-roofed, rectangular structure with inward sloping sides, constructed out of mudbricks or limestone. These edifices marked the burial sites ...

found next to the pyramid of the king at

Dahshur DahshurAlso transliterated ''Dahshour'' (in English often called ''Dashur''; ' ) is an ancient Egyptian pyramid complex and necropolis and shares the name of the nearby village of Manshiyyat Dahshur () in markaz Badrashin, Giza Governorate, Giza ...

. North of the

Pyramid of Senusret III The pyramid of Senusret III (''Lepsius list of pyramids, Lepsius XLVII'') is an ancient Egyptian Egyptian pyramids, pyramid located at Dahshur and built for pharaoh Senusret III of the 12th Dynasty (19th century BCE). The pyramid is the northernm ...

at Dahshur is a small cemetery belonging to officials serving under the king. The largest tomb there belongs to the treasurer Sobekemhat, a slightly smaller mastaba right next to this one belongs to the vizier Nebit. A third big mastaba belonged to Horkherty. The mastaba is not well preserved. His titles include ''royal sealer'' and ''king's acquaintance''. Within his mastaba complex was found the unlooted burial of a woman called Sitwerut, perhaps the wife of Horkherty.Adela Oppenheimː ''Elite tombs at the residence: the decoration and design of Twelfth Dynasty tomb chapels and mastabas at Lisht and Dahshur''. Iːn Jiménez-Serrano, Alejandro and Antonio J. Morales (eds), ''Middle Kingdom palace culture and its echoes in the provinces: regional perspectives and realities'', Leiden; Boston 2021, ISBN 9789004442818, p. 363-387

References

Officials of the Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt Senusret III Dahshur