Nehi (Viceroy of Kush)
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Nehi was an Ancient Egypt
ian official with the titles of a viceroy of Kush. With the latter function he was the main governor of the Nubia
n provinces which were under Egyptian control. Nehy was in office under Thutmose III
. Nehy appears in several sources. In the 23rd year of Thutmose III he followed the king on his campaign to Syria
. There are several inscriptions of Nehy found in Nubia, attesting building activity at several places. Nehy was buried at Thebes
although the exact location of his tomb is lost. However, in the Egyptian Museum of Berlin
is preserved his monumental sarcophagus made of limestone. Sarcophagi for officials are rare in this period providing evidence for the high social status of Nehy in his time.
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt was an ancient civilization of Northeastern Africa, concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River in what is now the modern country of Egypt. Egyptian civilization coalesced around 3150 BC with the political unification of Upper and Lower Egypt under the first pharaoh...
ian official with the titles of a viceroy of Kush. With the latter function he was the main governor of the Nubia
Nubia
Nubia is a region along the Nile river, which is located in northern Sudan and southern Egypt.There were a number of small Nubian kingdoms throughout the Middle Ages, the last of which collapsed in 1504, when Nubia became divided between Egypt and the Sennar sultanate resulting in the Arabization...
n provinces which were under Egyptian control. Nehy was in office under Thutmose III
Thutmose III
Thutmose III was the sixth Pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty. During the first twenty-two years of Thutmose's reign he was co-regent with his stepmother, Hatshepsut, who was named the pharaoh...
. Nehy appears in several sources. In the 23rd year of Thutmose III he followed the king on his campaign to Syria
Syria
Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is a country in Western Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the West, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Israel to the southwest....
. There are several inscriptions of Nehy found in Nubia, attesting building activity at several places. Nehy was buried at Thebes
Thebes, Egypt
Thebes is the Greek name for a city in Ancient Egypt located about 800 km south of the Mediterranean, on the east bank of the river Nile within the modern city of Luxor. The Theban Necropolis is situated nearby on the west bank of the Nile.-History:...
although the exact location of his tomb is lost. However, in the Egyptian Museum of Berlin
Egyptian Museum of Berlin
The Egyptian Museum of Berlin is home to one of the world's most important collections of Ancient Egyptian artifacts.The collection is part of the Neues Museum.-History:...
is preserved his monumental sarcophagus made of limestone. Sarcophagi for officials are rare in this period providing evidence for the high social status of Nehy in his time.
Literature
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: Nehy, prince et premiere rapporteur du roi, In: Isabelle Regen, Frédéric Servajan (Hrsg): Verba manent, Recueil d'etudes dédiées à Dimitri Meeks par ses collègues et amis. Montpellier 2009 (Cahiers Égypte Nilotique et Méditerranéenne. 2. ), S. 241-251. - Labib Habachi, in: Lexikon der Ägyptologie III, Wiesbaden 1980, page 631-32 ISBN 3447021004