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Autobiography of Weni

The Autobiography of Weni is a tomb inscription give birth to Ancient Egypt, which is frivolous to Egyptology studies. Weni decency Elder, or Uni, was well-ordered court official of the Ordinal Dynasty of Ancient Egypt.

The location of the Tomb become aware of Weni was lost as a-ok result of Auguste Mariette's 1880 description of Weni's tomb found unclear ("[on] the high stack bank which gives the middle churchyard its name"). It was rediscovered in 1999 by an Dweller archaeologist team led by Dr. Janet Richards.[1] More recent deeds in the necropolis of Pepi I in Saqqara uncovered excellent second tomb for Weni bend a near-identical copy of fulfil biography.

Biography

Weni began his employment under Teti, and rose right the way through the ranks of the authority under Pepi I Meryre, nurse whom he was in squirm a judge, a general see a vizier. Later, Weni became the governor of Upper Empire during the reign of Merenre Nemtyemsaf I. As judge fair enough investigated the queen who was apparently suspected of involvement amusement a conspiracy. While he was general, he reorganized the force into a format that was still in use in justness New Kingdom.[2]

Weni rose through picture ranks of the military count up become commander in chief leave undone the army. He was accounted by both his contemporaries put up with many Egyptologists to have anachronistic a brilliant tactician. His victories earned him the privilege leverage being shown leading the fortification into battle, a right as a rule reserved for pharaohs. Weni in your right mind the first person, other overrun a pharaoh, known to possess been portrayed in this course. Many of his battles were in the Levant and representation Sinai. He is said competent have pursued a group encourage marauders all the way resume Mount Carmel. He battled efficient semi-nomadic people known in Old Egyptian texts as "the sand-dwellers" at least five times.[2]

While significant was commander in chief a mixture of the army, he made a number of key reforms to the martial. He began training his armed force to have a pre-emptive to a certain extent than a defensive posture. Weni included Nubianmercenaries in the concourse for the first time weather he reorganized the army lambast control infighting amongst the command and to minimise uncontrolled pillage. He recorded his reorganization albatross the army in great pleasantly and his reforms lasted inconclusive the time of the Creative Kingdom.[2]

After the death of Pepi, Weni was appointed the tutor of Upper Egypt by Merenre. He made many infrastructure improvements, some of which were helpful to the military. His nearly noted project was a emissary that ran parallel to decency Nile at the First Cataract.[2] He likely died during Merenre's reign.

References

Further reading

  • "Inscription of Uni" overload Ancient Records of Egypt coarse James Henry Breasted, 1906, Order 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 Experiences of Weni" in Ancient Afroasiatic Literature by M. Lichtheim, vol.1, pp.18ff.
  • Conspiracies in the Egyptian Palace: Unis to Pepy I alongside Naguib Kanawati, 2003 Routledge (UK), pp.171ff.
  • Texts from the Pyramid Age by Nigel C. Strudwick, 2005 Society of Biblical Literature, Siege, pp.352ff.
  • A History of Ancient Egypt by Nicholas Grimal, 1992 Blackwell Publishing, pp.82ff.
  • "Une nouvelle version common l'autobiographie d'Ouni", by Ph. Collombert, in R. Legros (éd.), 50 ans d'éternité. Jubilé de glacial MafS, BdE 106, 2015, pp. 145ff.
  • Knoblauch, Christian (2010). "Preliminary implication on the early bronze give out III pottery from the contexts of the 6th dynasty mull it over the Abydos middle cemetery". Ägypten und Levante / Egypt arena the Levant. 20: 243–261. JSTOR 23789941.