Nakht (high steward)
Nakht was an ancient Egyptian official living around 1950 BC under king Senusret I in the Twelfth Dynasty. His main title was high steward. As high steward he was responsible for the domains providing the palace and the royal residence with food and other resources.
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Nakht is known from several sources. He was buried in Lisht near the Pyramid of Amenemhet I where his relief decorated tomb was excavated in 1894–95 and again in 1913–14.[1] The tomb has a chapel (about 6.7 × 11.90 m), that was decorated with reliefs. Only few fragments of the relief decoration survived. Here was also found a life size statue that is now in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. A second statue without provenance is today in Naples (National Archaeological Museum, Naples). He is also named on a control mark on one block at the pyramid of Senusret I at Lisht. The control mark is not dated but was found at a part of the building that was built in the second decade of the king's reign, providing a rough dating for Nakht.[2]
References
- Dieter Arnold: Middle Kingdom Tomb Architecture at Lisht, New York 2008, ISBN 978-1-58839-194-0, pp. 72-77, pls. 136-146
- F. Arnold: The South Cemeteries of Lisht, Volume II, The Control Notes and Team Marks, New York 1990 p. 110, N 19 ISBN 0-87099-551-0