The Title ḥꜢ.ty-Ꜥ.w ḥꜢ ı ͗nb.w n.w Ptḥ, “Mayor of Beyond the Walls of Ptah”, and Early 19th Dynasty Temple Building at Memphis
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Nico Staring Macquarie University, Department of Ancient History (Egyptology), NSW 2109 Sydney, Australia
nico.staring@students.mq.edu.au
Summary:
The Mayor of Memphis was a key player in the administration of Egypt’s capital. Despite that prominent position, we do not know much about the official’s duties. The recent identification of a photograph taken by Egyptologist Théodule Devéria in 1859, which features a doorway in the long-lost superstructure of the tomb of the Mayor Ptahmose, has added valuable new data to the subject. Texts on the structure’s two door jambs record a selection of his titles. One of these, ḥꜢ.ty-Ꜥ.w ḥꜢ ı ͗nb.w n.w Ptḥ, “Mayor of beyond the walls of Ptah”, is not known from any other sources. This paper proposes an interpretation of this title, which also requires a re-evaluation of the office of Mayor of Memphis at the very beginning of the 19th Dynasty. The administration of town and temple are studied using prosopographical data as a primary source, with special emphasis on the construction works in and around ı ͗nb.w, “Walls”.
About the author
Nico Staring
Macquarie University, Department of Ancient History (Egyptology), NSW 2109 Sydney, Australia
nico.staring@students.mq.edu.au
© 2015 by Walter de Gruyter Berlin Boston
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- Frontmatter
- Heinz Josef Thissen
- Landholding and Agriculture in Late Ramesside Theban Documents
- Theban Administration in the Late Middle Kingdom
- Sattjeni: Daughter, Wife and Mother of the Governors of Elephantine during the End of the Twelfth Dynasty
- The Title ḥꜢ.ty-Ꜥ.w ḥꜢ ı ͗nb.w n.w Ptḥ, “Mayor of Beyond the Walls of Ptah”, and Early 19th Dynasty Temple Building at Memphis
- Hezi’s Autobiographical Inscription: Philological Study and Interpretation
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