Gebu (high steward)
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| Gebu | |
|---|---|
| High Steward, Royal Sealer | |
 Statue of the High Steward Gebu in a Cross-Legged Pose | |
| Dynasty | late Twelfth Dynasty or early Thirteenth Dynasty |
| Father | Renesseneb |
In Ancient Egypt, Gebu was a high official with the title high steward and royal sealer during the late Twelfth or early Thirteenth dynasty of the late Middle Kingdom.
Attestation[edit]
Gebu is only known from one statue.
At Thebes, a grandorite statue of Gebu sitting with crossed-legs was found in the Temple of Amun at Karnak. Inscriptions show that the statue was a gift from an unnamed king and dedicated to the god Amun. The stylistic features put it to the late Twelfth Dynasty or early Thirteenth Dynasty.
Literature[edit]
- Mogens Joergensen: Catalogue Egypt I (3000–1550 B.C.): Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Kopenhagen 1996, ISBN 87-7452-202-7, S. 188–189, Nr. 78.
- Marsha Hill: Statue of the High Steward Gebu in a Cross Legged Pose. In: Adela Oppenheim, Dorothea Arnold, Dieter Arnold, Kei Yamamoto (Hrsg.): Ancient Egypt Transformed, The Middle Kingdom. Yale University Press, New York 2015, ISBN 978-1-58839-564-1, S. 133–134, Nr. 66.
References[edit]
- Copenhagen, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek AEIN 27
- Marsha Hill: Statue of the High Steward Gebu in a Cross Legged Pose. New York 2015, S. 133.