Heqaib (III) was an Ancient Egyptian local governor at Elephantine. He lived at the end of the 12th Dynasty around 1800 BC. He held the titles governor and overseer of priests of Khnum, lord of the cataracts.
| Heqaib III | |
|---|---|
| Governor in the 1st nomos of Upper Egypt | |
| Successor | Amenyseneb |
| Dynasty | 12th dynasty |
| Pharaoh | Amenemhat III |
| Mother | Sat-tjeni |
| Burial | Qubbet el-Hawa |
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| Heqaib in hieroglyphs | |||
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| Era: Middle Kingdom (2055–1650 BC) | |||
Heqaib was the son of a woman called Sat-tjeni and was perhaps the brother of Amenyseneb who followed him in the office of the local governor, both men have a woman called Sat-tjeni as mother.[1] It has been suggested that Sat-tjeni was the daughter of a previous nomarch at Elephantine, Sarenput II.[2]
Heqaib is mainly known from a statue dedicate by him into the local sanctuary of his distant predecessor Heqaib at Elephantine. The statue shows him kneeling with a vessel in each hand.[3] His tomb was discovered in 2014 at Qubbet el-Hawa, with a painted coffin and the remains of a funerary mask.[4]
References
edit- ^ Detlef Franke: Das Heiligtum des Heqaib auf Elephantine, Heidelberg 1994, ISBN 3-927552-17-8, p. 42
- ^ "Burial chamber discovered". Ahram Weekly. Archived from the original on 2019-02-07. Retrieved 2017-03-25.
- ^ Labib Habachi: Elephantine IV, The Sanctuary of Heqaib, Main Am Rhein 1985, ISBN 3-8053-0496-X p. 57-58, no. 31
- ^ "La Universidad de Jaen comienza en febrero su sexta campaña arqueológica en Asuán (Egipto)". Archived from the original on 2014-03-10. Retrieved 2014-02-15.