Siese the Elder

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Siese the Elder
Superintendent of the Granary
Successor Qeni
Dynasty 19th Dynasty
Pharaoh Ramesses II
Children Qeni

Siese the Elder was the Superintendent of the Granary during the reign of Ramesses II. Siese and his family came from Asyut. [1]

Siese is known from a statue now in the Louvre (A. 74). Siese is said to be a Real King's scribe and the Superintendent of the Granary. On the dorsal pillar of the statue Siese is also said to be a General, and his position in the Granary is given in more detail as the Superintendent of the Granary of the North and South. [2]

Siese's name also appears on an ostracon (O. Gardiner 40) detailing a list of officials. [2] Siese is named along with

Siese the Elder was the father of Qeni and the grandfather of Siese the Younger as recorded on a dyad belonging to Siese the Younger. [3]

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References

  1. 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
  2. 1 2 Kitchen, Kenneth A. Ramesside Inscriptions, Translated and Annotated Translations: Ramesses II, His Contemporaries (Ramesside Inscriptions Translations) (Volume III) Wiley-Blackwell. 2001, pp 101-102, ISBN   978-0631184287
  3. Kitchen, Kenneth A. Ramesside Inscriptions, Translated and Annotated Translations: Ramesses II, His Contemporaries (Ramesside Inscriptions Translations) (Volume III) Wiley-Blackwell. 2001, pp 102-103, ISBN   978-0631184287