Izi was an important ancient Egyptian official of the Fourth Dynasty. His most important title was overseer of the treasury. Other important titles he hold are scribe of the king's document, overseer of the great house and overseer of the king's ornament.[1]
Izi is mainly known from different relief decorated blocks of his mastaba. These blocks are now in the Egyptian Museum (Cairo), in the Pushkin Museum and in the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. On the latter blocks he bears different titles making it possible that they belong to a different person with the name Izi.[2] His mastaba was discovered around 1890 at Saqqara. In the same year Vladimir Golenishchev bought eight blocks in Cairo for the Pushkin Museum.[3] On stylistical grounds of the reliefs, Izi dates most likely to the Fourth Dynasty.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b Strudwick 1985, pp. 65–66.
- ^ Strudwick 1985, pp. 66.
- ^ Hodjash & Berlev 1982, pp. 22.
Literature
edit- Hodjash, Svetlana; Berlev, Oleg (1982). The Egyptian Reliefs and Stelae in the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow. Leningrad.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Strudwick, Nigel (1985). The Administration of Egypt in the Old Kingdom: The Highest Titles and Their Holders (PDF). Studies in Egyptology. London; Boston: Kegan Paul International. ISBN 978-0-7103-0107-9.
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