Siese the Younger
| Siese the Younger | |
|---|---|
| Superintendent of the Granary | |
 Statue of Siese the Younger from the Brooklyn Museum | |
| Predecessor | Qeni |
| Dynasty | 19th Dynasty |
| Pharaoh | Ramesses II and Merenptah |
| Father | Qeny |
| Mother | Wiay |
Siese the Younger was the Superintendent of the Granary during the reign of Ramesses II and Merenptah.[1] Siese and his family came from Asyut.[2]
A statue depicting the god Wepwawet on one side and the goddess Isis-Hathor on the other, was found in 1913 and may have come from Siese's tomb.[1] The text on the rear surface states that Siese is the son of Qeni and the grandson of Siese the Elder.[3]
Siese the Younger is further attested on:[3]
- A statue from the Louvre (A. 73)
- A statue from the Kunsthistorisches Museum (ÄS 34)
- A statue now in the Brooklyn Museum (47.120.2)
- A relief fragment
- Sarcophagus
- Two ushabti figures
- A stela belonging to Menmare-em-hab.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Elizabeth Frood, Biographical Texts from Ramessid Egypt, Society of Biblical Lit, 2007, pp 173-174
- ^ Jochem Kahl, Mahmoud El-Khadragy, Ursula Verhoeven and Monika Zöller, The Asyut Project: Fourth Season of Fieldwork (2006), in Studien zur Altägyptischen Kultur, Bd. 36 (2007), pp. 89
- ^ a b Kitchen, Kenneth A. Ramesside Inscriptions, Translated and Annotated Translations: Ramesses II, His Contemporaries (Ramesside Inscriptions Translations) (Volume III) Wiley-Blackwell. 2001, pp 102-104, ISBN 978-0631184287