Idu (Ancient Egyptian official)
{{Infobox person
| name = Idu
| image =
| burial_place = G7102, Giza East Field
| years_active = c. 2310 BC
| spouse = Meretyotes
Khenout
| children = Qar, Idu, Hemi, Bendjet, and Iry
| father =
| relatives =
}}
Idu ({{fl.|{{circa}} 2310 BC}}) was an official during the Sixth Dynasty, buried in Giza East Field, tomb G7102. He probably lived and served during the reign of Pepi I. He is the father of Qar whose tomb is nearby and Bendjet, buried in G7215.
Tomb
Idu lies in cemetery G7000, east of the related tomb of Qar. The mastaba exterior superstructure has disappeared.
Family
The tomb depicts several members of his family:
- Wife: Meretyotes. Note than this woman is not the mother of Qar (G7101).
- Daughters: Bendjet (identified as the owner of G7215), Iry
- Sons: Qar, Idu, and Hemi
Dependents
Several dependents of Qar were also represented with their most relevant titles:
- Indifiyni, steward (imy-rȝ pr).
- Isi, scribe (zš).
- idu, Ka servant (ḥm-kȝ).
- Idu,
- Ankhenf, Ka servant.
- Pehen-Path, scribe, inspector of the Ka servants (zš, sḥḏ ḥm(w)-kȝ).
- Nykhety, steward (wdpw).Nefermenekhet, singer (ḥst).
- Nekhet, scribe, steward.
- Qar, steward.
- Tidui, steward.
Titles
His titles were:
| class="wikitable"
|+ |
| iwn knmwt
|support of knmwt |22 |
| imy-rȝ wp(w)t ḥtp(w)t-nṯr m prwy
|overseer of the distribution of divine offerings in the two houses |403 |
| imy-rȝ ḥwt-wrt
|overseer of the great court/Hall of Justice |628 |
| imy-rȝ zš(w) mrt
|overseer of the scribes of the meret-serfs |795 |
| wḏˁ-mdw
|determiner of disputes |1507 |
| mdw rḫyt
|staff of the rekhyet-people |1698 |
| ḥm-nṯr Mȝˁt
|priest of Ma't |1930 |
| ḥry-sštȝ n wḏˁ-mdw
|counsellor in determining disputes. |2252 |
| ḫnty-š Mn-nfr-ppy
|land tenant of the town Pyramid of Pepy I |2531 |
| ẖry-tp nzwt
|king's liegeman/royal chamberlain |2874 |
| smȝˁ (n) wḏˁ-mdw
|one who sets right the judgement |3256 |
| sḥḏ wˁb(w) ȝḫt-ḫwfw
|inspector of the priests of Akhet-Khufu |3377 |
| sḥḏ wˁb(w) Wr-ḫˁ.f-rˁ
|inspector of the priest of (the pyramid), 'Great-is-Khafra' |3379 |
| zš ˁ(w) (nw) nzwt
|king's document scribe |3057 |
| zš ˁ(w) (nw) nzwt ḫft-ḥr
|king's document scribe in the presence |3063 |
| zš mrt
|scribe of the meret-serfs |3117 |
References
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{{Cite book |url=http://gizamedia.rc.fas.harvard.edu/images/MFA-images/Giza/GizaImage/full/library/strudwick_admininstration.pdf |title=The Administration of Egypt in the Old Kingdom |last=Strudwick |first=Nigel |publisher=Routledge |year=1985 |isbn=0-7103-0107-3 |format=PDF |via=Digital Giza, Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences}}
{{Cite book |url=http://gizamedia.rc.fas.harvard.edu/images/MFA-images/Giza/GizaImage/full/library/porter-moss_III_giza.pdf |title=Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Statues, Reliefs and Paintings Volume III: Memphis, Part I Abu Rawash to Abusir |last=Porter |first=Bertha |last2=Moss |first2=Rosalind |publisher=Clarendon Press |year=1974 |edition=2nd (revised and augmented by Dr Jaromir Malek) |location=Oxford |pages=185–186 |format=PDF |author-link=Bertha Porter |author-link2=Rosalind Moss |via=Digital Giza, Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences}}
{{Cite book |url=http://www.gizapyramids.org/static/pdf%20library/giza_mastabas_2.pdf |title=Giza Mastaba Vol 2: The Mastabas of Qar and Idu |last=Simpson |first=William Kelly |publisher=Museum of Fine Arts, Boston |year=1976 |isbn=0-87846-093-4 |location=Boston |format=PDF |author-link=William Kelly Simpson |via=Gizapyramids.org}}
{{Cite book |title=An Index Of Ancient Egyptian Titles Epithets And Phrases Of The Old Kingdom 1 & 2 |last=Jones |first=Dilwyn |publisher=British Archaeological Reports |year=2000 |isbn=978-1841710693 |series=BAR International Series |volume=866}}
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External links
- [http://giza.fas.harvard.edu/sites/1517/full/ The Digital Giza] at Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences hosts 147 photos of the tomb, most of them taken at the time of the discovery in 1925.
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Category:People of the Sixth Dynasty of Egypt
Category:Ancient Egyptian officials
Category:Date of birth unknown