Usersatet

Last updated
Usersatet
Viceroy of Kush
Inscriptions for Birds on Sehel Island.jpg
Usersatet, depicted in a rock carving on the island of Sehel
Predecessor Nehi
Successor Amenhotep
Dynasty 18th Dynasty
Pharaoh Amenhotep II
FatherSiamun
MotherNenwenhermenetes

Usersatet was an Ancient Egyptian official with the titles king's son of Kush (Viceroy of Kush) and overseer of the southern countries. He was in office under king Amenhotep II and perhaps in the early years of the reign of Thutmosis IV. As king's son of Kush he was the main official in charge of the Nubian provinces.

Usersatet was perhaps born in Elephantine or at least the region around this island. The name Usersatet means Satet is strong, Satet being the main deity of Elephantine. Usersatet's father was Siamun, and his mother was Nenwenhermenetes, king's ornament, about both of whom not much is known. [1]

It seems that Usersatet grew up in the royal palace and followed the king on his military campaign to Syria. He cleared five canals in the region of Aswan. The canals were already more than 700 years old and most likely had been filled with sand earlier in the 18th Dynasty. [2] Usersatet is known from a large number of monuments, especially in Lower Nubia. Near Qasr Ibrim, he erected a chapel in honour of king Amenhotep II. A stela found at Semna bears a copy of a king's letter to Usersatet. However, no biography of this official survived. Therefore, there is not much known about his life and career. His name had been removed from many monuments, therefore it seems that he fell into dishonour at some point in his career.

His tomb has not yet been identified. [3] A stela from Wadi el-Hudi, first described in 2017, was found showing Usersatet in front of Satet and Hathor. [4] In March 2019, the discovery of 14 stele dated back to the Middle Kingdom was announced by archaeologists in Wadi el-Hudi. In one of the 3,400-year-old stelas was written the name of Usersatet. [5]

Related Research Articles

Amenemhat III Egyptian pharaoh

Amenemhat III, also known as Amenemhet III, was a pharaoh of ancient Egypt and the sixth king of the Twelfth Dynasty of the Middle Kingdom. He was elevated to throne as co-regent by his father Senusret III, with whom he shared the throne as the active king for twenty years. During his reign, Egypt attained its cultural and economic zenith of the Middle Kingdom.

Senusret I Pharaoh of Egypt

Senusret I also anglicized as Sesostris I and Senwosret I, was the second pharaoh of the Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt. He ruled from 1971 BC to 1926 BC, and was one of the most powerful kings of this Dynasty. He was the son of Amenemhat I. Senusret I was known by his prenomen, Kheperkare, which means "the Ka of Re is created." He expanded Egypt that allowed him to rule over an age of prosperity.

Khaba Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh of 3rd dynasty

Khaba was a pharaoh of Ancient Egypt, active during the 3rd Dynasty of the Old Kingdom period. The exact time during which Khaba ruled is unknown but may have been around 2670 BC, and almost definitely towards the end of the dynasty.

Sobekhotep IV

Khaneferre Sobekhotep IV was one of the more powerful Egyptian kings of the 13th Dynasty, who reigned at least eight years. His brothers, Neferhotep I and Sihathor, were his predecessors on the throne, the latter having only ruled as coregent for a few months.

Bebiankh

Seuserenre Bebiankh was a native ancient Egyptian king of the 16th Theban Dynasty during the Second Intermediate Period and, according to Kim Ryholt, the successor of king Semenre. He is assigned a reign of 12 years in the Turin Canon (11.8).
Bebiankh was succeeded either by a poorly known king named Sekhemre Shedwast or by the equally shadowy ruler Seneferankhre Pepi III.

Hans Wolfgang Helck was a German Egyptologist, considered one of the most important Egyptologists of the 20th century. From 1956 until his retirement in 1979 he was a Professor at the University of Hamburg. He remained active after his retirement and together with Wolfhart Westendorf published the German Lexikon der Ägyptologie, completed in 1992. He published many books and articles on the history of Egyptian and Near Eastern culture. He was a member of the German Archaeological Institute and a corresponding member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ta-Seti</span> Administrative division of Upper Egypt

Ta-Seti was the first nome of Upper Egypt, one of 42 nomoi in Ancient Egypt. Ta-Seti marked the border area towards Nubia, and the name was also used to refer to Nubia itself.

Inebu-hedj Nome of Ancient Egypt

Inebu-hedj was one of 42 nomes in Ancient Egypt.

Khaset (nome)

Khaset was one of 42 nomes in ancient Egypt.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dedumose II</span>

Djedneferre Dedumose II was a native ancient Egyptian pharaoh during the Second Intermediate Period. According to egyptologists Kim Ryholt and Darrell Baker, he was a ruler of the Theban 16th Dynasty. Alternatively, Jürgen von Beckerath, Thomas Schneider and Detlef Franke see him as a king of the 13th Dynasty.

Amenhotep was an ancient Egyptian official with the title king's son of Kush. In this function he was the main administrator of the Nubian provinces. Amenhotep was in office under Thutmosis IV. He appears with his main title in a rock inscription on the island of Sehel. Here he also bears the titles overseer of the cattle of Amun, overseer of works in Upper and Lower Egypt, chief of the stalls of his majesty, overseer of the southern foreign lands and king's scribe. The inscription is not dated by a king's name. However, there is a stela in the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford belonging to a king's son, overseer of the cattle of Amun and confidant of Kush, perhaps belonging to the same person. The stela shows the names of king Thutmosis IV. In case both monuments belong to the same person, Amenhotep was in office under this king. Amenhotep is also known from a statue found at Deir el Medineh.

Seni was an ancient Egyptian official with the titles king's son of Kush, overseer of the southern countries and mayor of the southern city (Thebes). He was in office under the kings Thutmosis I and Thutmosis II. As king's son of Kush he was the main official in charge of the Nubian provinces.

Intef the Elder

Intef, whose name is commonly accompanied by epithets such as the Elder, the Great or born of Iku, was a Theban nomarch during the First Intermediate Period c. 2150 BC and later considered a founding figure of the 11th Dynasty, which eventually reunified Egypt.

Heqaib

Heqaib, also Hekaib or Hekayeb, was an ancient Egyptian nomarch of the 1st nomos of Upper Egypt under king Pepi II Neferkare, towards the end of the 6th Dynasty. He was also an officer in charge of military expeditions in Nubia.

Akhty was an ancient Egyptian deity. He was seldom mentioned.

The Wadi el-Hudi is a wadi in Southern Egypt, in the Eastern Desert. Here were ancient quarries for amethyst. The Wadi el-Hudi is important in archaeology for its high number of rock inscriptions and stelae, mainly dating to the Middle Kingdom, as amethyst was especially popular in this period. The Wadi el-Hudi ends in the Nile valley a few kilometers north of Aswan and is coming there from the South-East. The ancient amethyst quarries are about 20 kilometres south-east from Aswan.

Aniba (Nubia) Building in Egypt

Aniba was a village in Nubia, about 230 km south of Aswan. The place is today flooded by the Lake Nasser. In ancient times it was an important town and called Miam. The region around the town was one of the most fertile in Lower Nubia.

Sarenput I

Sarenput I was an ancient Egyptian official during the reign of pharaoh Senusret I of the 12th Dynasty.

Sarenput II

Sarenput II, also called Nubkaurenakht was an ancient Egyptian nomarch during the reign of pharaohs Senusret II and Senusret III of the 12th Dynasty.

Eberhard Otto was a German Egyptologist.

References

  1. W. K. Simpson: Usersatet, in: W. Helck, W. Westendorf (editors): Lexikon der Ägyptologie, VI, Wiesbaden 1986 ISBN   3-447-02663-4, 901
  2. W. K. Simpson: Usersatet, in: W. Helck, W. Westendorf (editors): Lexikon der Ägyptologie, VI, Wiesbaden 1986 ISBN   3-447-02663-4, 901-902
  3. Labib Habachi: Königssohn von Kusch, in: W. Helck, W. Westendorf (editors): Lexikon der Ägyptologie, III, Wiesbaden 1980 ISBN   3-447-02100-4, 628
  4. Kate Liszka: Wadi el-Hudi Site 4: a lost amethyst mining settlement, in Egyptian Archaeology 51, Autumn 2017, p. 38-39
  5. March 2019, Owen Jarus 26 (26 March 2019). "100 Ancient Egyptian Inscriptions Found at Amethyst Mining Site". livescience.com. Retrieved 2020-09-13.