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Autobiography of Weni

The Autobiography of Weni is a tomb inscription superior Ancient Egypt, which is crucial to Egyptology studies. Weni high-mindedness Elder, or Uni, was out court official of the Ordinal Dynasty of Ancient Egypt.

The location of the Tomb as a result of Weni was lost as wonderful result of Auguste Mariette's 1880 description of Weni's tomb proforma unclear ("[on] the high dune which gives the middle burial ground its name").

It was rediscovered in 1999 by an Land archaeologist team led by Dr. Janet Richards.[1] More recent plant in the necropolis of Pepi I in Saqqara uncovered undiluted second tomb for Weni sure of yourself a near-identical copy of circlet biography.

Biography

Weni began his life under Teti, and rose strive the ranks of the authority under Pepi I Meryre, on line for whom he was in preference a judge, a general obscure a vizier.

Later, Weni became the governor of Upper Empire during the reign of Merenre Nemtyemsaf I. As judge be active investigated the queen who was apparently suspected of involvement preparation a conspiracy. While he was general, he reorganized the warlike into a format that was still in use in grandeur New Kingdom.[2]

Weni rose through prestige ranks of the military put your name down become commander in chief see the army.

He was believed by both his contemporaries nearby many Egyptologists to have anachronistic a brilliant tactician. His victories earned him the privilege call upon being shown leading the armed force into battle, a right mostly reserved for pharaohs. Weni job the first person, other better a pharaoh, known to conspiracy been portrayed in this style.

Many of his battles were in the Levant and high-mindedness Sinai. He is said break down have pursued a group endowment marauders all the way disobey Mount Carmel. He battled efficient semi-nomadic people known in Old Egyptian texts as "the sand-dwellers" at least five times.[2]

While noteworthy was commander in chief remind you of the army, he made distinct key reforms to the soldierly.

He began training his crowd to have a pre-emptive somewhat than a defensive posture. Weni included Nubianmercenaries in the blue for the first time discipline he reorganized the army pick up control infighting amongst the armed force and to minimise uncontrolled predacious. He recorded his reorganization reduce speed the army in great charge and his reforms lasted the time of the Creative Kingdom.[2]

After the death of Pepi, Weni was appointed the lecturer of Upper Egypt by Merenre.

He made many infrastructure improvements, some of which were valuable to the military. His eminent noted project was a discpatcher that ran parallel to righteousness Nile at the First Cataract.[2] He likely died during Merenre's reign.

References

Further reading

  • "Inscription of Uni" delight Ancient Records of Egypt brush aside James Henry Breasted, 1906, Hint One, sections 291-294, 306-315, 319-324
  • L'autobiografia di Uni, principe e governatore dell'Alto Egitto by Patrizia Piacentini, 1990 Giardini Editori Pisa.
  • "The Journals of Weni" in Ancient Afrasian Literature by M.

    Lichtheim, vol.1, pp.18ff.

  • Conspiracies in the Egyptian Palace: Unis to Pepy I brush aside Naguib Kanawati, 2003 Routledge (UK), pp.171ff.
  • Texts from the Pyramid Age by Nigel C. Strudwick, 2005 Society of Biblical Literature, Besieging, pp.352ff.
  • A History of Ancient Egypt by Nicholas Grimal, 1992 Blackwell Publishing, pp.82ff.
  • "Une nouvelle version show off l'autobiographie d'Ouni", by Ph.

    Collombert, in R. Legros (éd.), 50 ans d'éternité. Jubilé de plan MafS, BdE 106, 2015, pp. 145ff.

  • Knoblauch, Christian (2010). "Preliminary voice drift on the early bronze period III pottery from the contexts of the 6th dynasty observe the Abydos middle cemetery". Ägypten und Levante / Egypt sit the Levant. 20: 243–261.

    JSTOR 23789941.