Mesehti
| Mesehti Nomarch of the 13th nomos of Upper Egypt | |
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 Models of Egyptian spearmen from the tomb of Mesehti at Asyut. Cairo Museum. | |
| Dynasty | 11th dynasty |
| Pharaoh | n.d. |
| Burial | Asyut |
Mesehti was an ancient Egyptian nomarch of the 13th nomos of Upper Egypt ("the Upper Sycamore") around 2000 BCE, during the 11th dynasty. He also was seal-bearer and overseer of the priests of Wepwawet.
Tomb
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| Mesehti in hieroglyphs |
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Mesehti is well known for his funerary equipment, found in Asyut at the end of 19th century during an illegal excavation. The contents of the tomb - which at the time of the discovery appeared undisturbed - was mainly sold to the Cairo Museum.
Among the objects of the funerary equipment, the most famous are the wooden models of soldiers: a group of striding Egyptian spearmen equipped with a hide shield and a white skirt, and another group composed of 40 striding nubian archers,[1] darker-skinned and wearing a red loincloth.
The tomb also contained two large wooden coffins[2] whose interior is richly decorated with Coffin Texts; these coffins are among the main sources for this type of religious texts, which were much used during the First Intermediate Period and the Middle Kingdom.
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References
Bibliography
- Michael Rice, Who is who in Ancient Egypt, 1999 (2004), p. 115. Routledge, London, ISBN 0-203-44328-4.