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Middle Kingdom and Second Intermediate Period: officials, priests, and private persons

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Iuhetibu

Iuhetibu was an Egyptian king's mother of the Thirteenth Dynasty, mother of pharaoh Sobekhotep III, known from a scarab impression found at Mirgissa in Nubia.

Iuhetibu Fendy

Iuhetibu Fendy, Egyptian Iouhetibou-Fénedj, was a king's daughter of Egypt's 13th Dynasty, daughter of Pharaoh Sobekhotep III, known from a Louvre stela of about 1740 BC.

Iymeru (vizier)

Iymeru, also written Ii-meru or Iimeru, was a vizier of ancient Egypt in the Thirteenth Dynasty, son of the vizier Ankhu and brother of the vizier Resseneb.

Kemsit

Kemsit was a royal woman of ancient Egypt's Eleventh Dynasty, buried in a chapel-tomb at the funerary complex of King Mentuhotep II at Deir el-Bahari, Thebes.

Khakheperreseneb

Khakheperreseneb, also spelled Khakheperresenb, is an ancient Egyptian literary author, a priest of Heliopolis known as the speaker of the lament called the Complaints of Khakheperreseneb.

Khenmes

Khenmes was a high official of ancient Egypt who held the office of vizier during the Thirteenth Dynasty, associated with King Sekhemkare Amenemhat V in the early part of that dynasty.

Kheti (treasurer)

Kheti, also spelled Khety, was a royal treasurer of Egypt's 11th Dynasty serving King Mentuhotep II around 2051–2000 B.C., known from his large tomb at Deir el-Bahari.

Kheti (vizier)

Kheti, also rendered Khety, was a vizier of Egypt's 12th Dynasty under Amenemhat III, second only to the king in the state hierarchy, with an office at Lahun near the king's pyramid at Hawara.

Khnumhotep I

Khnumhotep I was a provincial governor of the Oryx nome in Middle Egypt who served Amenemhat I and was buried in rock-cut tomb BH 14 at Beni Hassan.

Khnumhotep II

Khnumhotep II was a high-ranking Egyptian official of the 12th Dynasty, Administrator of the Eastern Desert, known for his Beni Hassan tomb with its famous procession of 37 Asiatics.

Khnumhotep III

Khnumhotep III was a high steward and later vizier of Egypt's 12th Dynasty under Senusret II and Senusret III, buried in a mastaba at Dahshur near the king's pyramid.

Khnumhotep IV

Khnumhotep IV was an ancient Egyptian provincial official of the Twelfth Dynasty, son of Khnumhotep II, whose unfinished tomb BH 4 at Beni Hassan was the last rock tomb cut there.

Mayet (ancient Egyptian child)

Mayet, also printed Myt, was an ancient Egyptian girl of about five buried in the mortuary temple of Mentuhotep II at Deir el-Bahari, Thebes, during the 11th Dynasty.

Meketre

Meketre (Meketra) was a royal sealer, chancellor, and chief steward of ancient Egypt who served Mentuhotep II and Amenemhat I, best known for the twenty-four wooden tomb models found in his Theban tomb.

Mentuhotep (god's father)

Mentuhotep was an ancient Egyptian official who held the title god's father under King Sobekhotep III of the 13th Dynasty, and is known from six monuments.

Mentuhotep (treasurer of Senusret I)

Mentuhotep, also transcribed Montuhotep, was a royal treasurer of Egypt's 12th Dynasty serving King Senusret I around 1950 BC, best known for his Abydos stela and many Karnak statues.

Mentuhotep (vizier)

Mentuhotep was a high official of Egypt's Twelfth Dynasty under King Senusret I, called vizier in some studies and treasurer in others, with a large tomb at Lisht.

Minemhat

Minemhat was an ancient Egyptian official who served as mayor of Koptos in Upper Egypt during the Seventeenth Dynasty, under the Theban king Nubkheperre Intef.

Montuwoser

Mentuwoser, also rendered Montu-user, was a royal steward and Overseer of the Double Granary under King Senusret I of Egypt's Twelfth Dynasty, known from a finely carved stela now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Nebankh

Nebankh was a high official of Egypt's 13th Dynasty around 1750 BC, holding the titles royal seal-keeper and high steward, known from a stela erected at Abydos.

Nebit

Nebit was a vizier of Egypt's 12th Dynasty during the Middle Kingdom, known chiefly from his mastaba at Dahshur, north of King Senwosret III's pyramid complex.

Nebpu (High Priest of Ptah)

Nebpu was an ancient Egyptian priest of Ptah at Memphis during the Twelfth Dynasty, known from a sandstone family group statue now in the Louvre.

Neferkare Iymeru

Neferkare Iymeru (Iymeru Neferkara) was a vizier of ancient Egypt's Thirteenth Dynasty, serving under Sobekhotep IV and known from a Karnak stela and two statues.

Neheri II

Neheri II, also transcribed Nhri or Nehri, was a governor of the Hare nome in Upper Egypt during the early Twelfth Dynasty, buried in rock-cut tomb 7 at Deir el-Bersha.

Nehri I

Nehri I was a governor, or great overlord, of the 15th Upper Egyptian (Hare) nome in Middle Kingdom Egypt, buried in a rock-cut tomb at Deir el-Bersha and known from inscriptions at the Hatnub alabaster quarries.

Netjernakht

Netjernakht, also written Netjer-nakht, was a Middle Kingdom official of Egypt's 16th Upper Egyptian nome who held the title overseer of the Eastern Desert and was buried in tomb BH 23 at Beni Hassan.

Qurna Queen

The Qurna Queen is the modern name for an unnamed royal woman of ancient Egypt's Second Intermediate Period, buried around 1600 BC at Qurna on the west bank at Thebes.

Rehuankh

Rehuankh is an ancient Egyptian personal name, written in hieroglyphs, recorded in three sentences in the Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae corpus from 2278 to 1688 BCE.

Rehuerdjersen

Rehuerdjersen was an ancient Egyptian royal treasurer of the early Twelfth Dynasty, serving under Amenemhat I and Senwosret I, and known from a stela at Abydos and a mastaba tomb at Lisht North.

Resseneb (son of Ankhu)

Resseneb was a vizier of Egypt in the Thirteenth Dynasty, son of the vizier Ankhu and brother of the vizier Iymeru, and earlier his scribe.