Aabeni (Aabni)
High steward
Green glazed faience weight, inscribed for the high Steward Aabeni
Dynastyearly 13th dynasty

Aabeni was an ancient Egyptian official with the title high steward. He was one of the most important officials at the royal court in the early Thirteenth Dynasty.

Attestations

Aabeni {ꜥꜣb-n⸗j} is known from a number of monuments.[1]

Papyrus Boulaq 18

At Thebes, he appeared in the Papyrus Boulaq 18.[2] This papyrus is an account of the Theban palace dating to the early Thirteenth Dynasty where he appears in several lists of officials. Also mentioned are queen Aya[3] and vizier Ankhu. In Egyptology, the exact dating of Papyrus Boulaq 18 is disputed and it remains open which king he served.

Abydos

At Abydos, Aabeni is known from a glazed faience weight.[4] Also a block with titles Royal Scribe {ḫtmw-bjtj} and High Steward {jmj-rꜣ pr-wr}.[5][6] There is a limestone round-topped stela made in "13th Dynast Theban Workshop 2" is a weak attestation.[7]

See other contemporaries

References

  1. ↑ https://pnm.uni-mainz.de/4/person/2111
  2. ↑ Wolfram Grajetzki: Court Officials of the Egyptian Middle Kingdom, London 2009 p. 77 ISBN 978-0-7156-3745-6
  3. ↑ K.S.B. Ryholt, The Political Situation in Egypt during the Second Intermediate Period (Carsten Niebuhr Institute Publications, vol. 20. Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press, 1997), p. 319
  4. ↑ London, Petrie Museum UC 80200
  5. ↑ Liverpool GM E.32
  6. ↑ https://pnm.uni-mainz.de/4/inscription/13242
  7. ↑ Cairo CG 20391 (weak)
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