The

ancient Egypt Ancient Egypt () was a cradle of civilization concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River in Northeast Africa. It emerged from prehistoric Egypt around 3150BC (according to conventional Egyptian chronology), when Upper and Lower E ...

ian official Meketre was

chancellor Chancellor () is a title of various official positions in the governments of many countries. The original chancellors were the of Roman courts of justice—ushers, who sat at the (lattice work screens) of a basilica (court hall), which separa ...

and high steward during the reign of

Mentuhotep II Mentuhotep II (, meaning "Mentu is satisfied"), also known under his Prenomen (Ancient Egypt), prenomen Nebhepetre (, meaning "The Lord of the rudder is Ra"), was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh, the sixth ruler of the Eleventh Dynasty of Egypt, Elev ...

, Mentuhotep III and perhaps

Amenemhat I :''See Amenemhat (disambiguation), Amenemhat, for other individuals with this name.'' Amenemhat I (Egyptian language, Ancient Egyptian: ''Ỉmn-m-ḥꜣt'' meaning 'Amun is at the forefront'), also known as Amenemhet I, was a pharaoh of ancient ...

, during the Middle Kingdom.Meketre is first attested in a rock inscription in the Wadi Shatt el-Rigala, bearing the simple title ''sealer''. The inscription is dated to year 41 of king Mentuhotep II. On reliefs from the mortuary temple of the same king in Deir el-Bahari Meketre bears the title of chancellor and was evidently promoted in the meantime, succeeding Kheti. The same title was found on a statue in Meketre's tomb while on relief fragments in the tomb he held the main title of ''high steward''. The tomb ( TT280) is located in Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, part of the

Theban Necropolis The Theban Necropolis () is a necropolis on the west bank of the Nile, opposite Thebes, Egypt, Thebes (Luxor) in Upper Egypt. It was used for ritual burials for much of the Ancient Egypt, Pharaonic period, especially during the New Kingdom of Egyp ...

, and lies next to a large, unfinished royal tomb which was originally attributed to king Mentuhotep III and, after new research, to Amenemhat I. Therefore, Meketre most likely died under the latter king. Meketre's tomb TT280 contained several wooden replicas, representing the daily activities and life in Ancient Egypt, together with figurines of ships and cattle were, miniature buildings and gardens. Selections of the replicas and other items from the tomb are on display at the

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.https://maps.metmuseum.org/galleries/fifth-ave/1/105

Gallery

File:Model of a procession of offering bearers MET DP344083.jpg, Procession of offerings File:Meketre’s Net Fishing models.jpg, Fishing models from the Nile River

References

Bibliography

* Dorothea Arnold: ''Amenemhet I and the Early Twelfth Dynasty at Thebes.'' In: ''Metropolitan Museum Journal.'' Vol. 26, 1991, , S. 5–48
online (PDF; 7,2 MB)
* H. E. Winlock: ''Models of Daily Life in Ancient Egypt. From the Tomb of Meket-Re at Thebes'' (= ''Publications of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Egyptian Expedition.'' Vol. 18, {{ZDB, 86343-9). Published for the Metropolitan Museum of Art by Harvard University Press, Cambridge MA 1955. Ancient Egyptian treasurers Ancient Egyptian high stewards Officials of the Eleventh Dynasty of Egypt Ancient Egyptian royal sealers