Ptahhotep Tjefi, also called Ptahhotep II () was an

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 who lived at the end of the Fifth Dynasty, most likely under king

Djedkare Isesi Djedkare Isesi (known in Greek as Tancheres; died 2375 BC) was a king, the eighth and penultimate ruler of the Fifth Dynasty of Egypt in the late 25th century to mid-24th century BC, during the Old Kingdom. Djedkare succeeded Menkauhor Kaiu ...

and under king

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. His main function at the royal court was that of the

vizier A vizier (; ; ) is a high-ranking political advisor or Minister (government), minister in the Near East. The Abbasids, Abbasid caliphs gave the title ''wazir'' to a minister formerly called ''katib'' (secretary), who was at first merely a help ...

, making him to the most important man at the court, only second to the king. Ptahhotep, whose second name was Tjefi, came from an influential family. His father was the vizier Akhethetep. His grandfather was the vizier

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(I). Ptahhotep is mainly known from his mastaba at

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. The burial complex was built for him and his father Akhethetep.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ptahhotep Tjefi Viziers of the Fifth Dynasty of Egypt 3rd-millennium BC births 24th-century BC deaths