Imy-r Swy pr-aA Imy-r mrwy pr-aA Overseer of the two canals of the Great House (?)"المشرف على قناتی البیت العظیم (القصر الملکی)؟"

The Subject of this paper deals with one of the Ancient Egyptian titles, which made its first appearance in the reign of king wenis and continued in usage till the end of the Old Kingdom. The main problems of this title are the confusion between scholars concerning its reading, some claim it shou...

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Main Author: Dr.Ahmed Hamdy Abdelmoniem
Format: Article
Language:Arabic
Published: The General Union of Arab Archaeologists 2018-07-01
Series:Journal of General Union of Arab Archaeologists
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Online Access:http://jguaa.journals.ekb.eg/article_4345_698badb4de65123849db1c1257661656.pdf
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spelling doaj-3c7bc80075ff4ae4b187fc193f0530032020-11-24T21:34:16ZaraThe General Union of Arab ArchaeologistsJournal of General Union of Arab Archaeologists2536-98222536-98302018-07-011919729810.21608/JGUAA.2017.1763.1008Imy-r Swy pr-aA Imy-r mrwy pr-aA Overseer of the two canals of the Great House (?)"المشرف على قناتی البیت العظیم (القصر الملکی)؟"Dr.Ahmed Hamdy Abdelmoniem0Lecturer of Ancient Egyptian Archaeology, Alexandria university ahmedhamdy_foa@hotmail.com The Subject of this paper deals with one of the Ancient Egyptian titles, which made its first appearance in the reign of king wenis and continued in usage till the end of the Old Kingdom. The main problems of this title are the confusion between scholars concerning its reading, some claim it should be read as imy-r Swy pr-aA while others claim that it should be read as imy-r mrwy pr-aA, so the variety in reading leads to confuse in the translation of that title. The other problem is despite this title appeared on many monuments and objects, none of them contained texts suggest the details of that job, nor to which institution it belongs in the institutions of the Ancient Egyptian Administration. So, this paper concentrated on studying the holders of that title in Ancient Egypt and investigating their titles which are registered on their monuments beside that title, so as to know the nature of this title, the duties of their owners and finally to suggest a reading for it in order to reach a certified translation. http://jguaa.journals.ekb.eg/article_4345_698badb4de65123849db1c1257661656.pdfThe Administration of GranariesThe Administration of TreasuriesLand tenants of the Great HouseAgricultureWeaving shopsquarry workland production
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Imy-r Swy pr-aA Imy-r mrwy pr-aA Overseer of the two canals of the Great House (?)"المشرف على قناتی البیت العظیم (القصر الملکی)؟"
Journal of General Union of Arab Archaeologists
The Administration of Granaries
The Administration of Treasuries
Land tenants of the Great House
Agriculture
Weaving shops
quarry work
land production
author_facet Dr.Ahmed Hamdy Abdelmoniem
author_sort Dr.Ahmed Hamdy Abdelmoniem
title Imy-r Swy pr-aA Imy-r mrwy pr-aA Overseer of the two canals of the Great House (?)"المشرف على قناتی البیت العظیم (القصر الملکی)؟"
title_short Imy-r Swy pr-aA Imy-r mrwy pr-aA Overseer of the two canals of the Great House (?)"المشرف على قناتی البیت العظیم (القصر الملکی)؟"
title_full Imy-r Swy pr-aA Imy-r mrwy pr-aA Overseer of the two canals of the Great House (?)"المشرف على قناتی البیت العظیم (القصر الملکی)؟"
title_fullStr Imy-r Swy pr-aA Imy-r mrwy pr-aA Overseer of the two canals of the Great House (?)"المشرف على قناتی البیت العظیم (القصر الملکی)؟"
title_full_unstemmed Imy-r Swy pr-aA Imy-r mrwy pr-aA Overseer of the two canals of the Great House (?)"المشرف على قناتی البیت العظیم (القصر الملکی)؟"
title_sort imy-r swy pr-aa imy-r mrwy pr-aa overseer of the two canals of the great house (?)"المشرف على قناتی البیت العظیم (القصر الملکی)؟"
publisher The General Union of Arab Archaeologists
series Journal of General Union of Arab Archaeologists
issn 2536-9822
2536-9830
publishDate 2018-07-01
description The Subject of this paper deals with one of the Ancient Egyptian titles, which made its first appearance in the reign of king wenis and continued in usage till the end of the Old Kingdom. The main problems of this title are the confusion between scholars concerning its reading, some claim it should be read as imy-r Swy pr-aA while others claim that it should be read as imy-r mrwy pr-aA, so the variety in reading leads to confuse in the translation of that title. The other problem is despite this title appeared on many monuments and objects, none of them contained texts suggest the details of that job, nor to which institution it belongs in the institutions of the Ancient Egyptian Administration. So, this paper concentrated on studying the holders of that title in Ancient Egypt and investigating their titles which are registered on their monuments beside that title, so as to know the nature of this title, the duties of their owners and finally to suggest a reading for it in order to reach a certified translation.
topic The Administration of Granaries
The Administration of Treasuries
Land tenants of the Great House
Agriculture
Weaving shops
quarry work
land production
url http://jguaa.journals.ekb.eg/article_4345_698badb4de65123849db1c1257661656.pdf
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