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    Biographies of Person and Place: The Tomb Complex of Weni the Elder at Abydos, Vols. I and II

    This grant is for the preparation of a multi-authored, two-volume publication of the University of Michigan’s excavation of the late third millennium BCE mastaba tomb complex of Weni the Elder in the Middle Cemetery at Abydos, Egypt. A synopsis in Arabic will be included at the beginning of each of the two volumes.

    The site of Abydos (ancient Abdju) is located in Sohag Governorate, about 11 kilometers west of the Nile River near the modern Egyptian town of El Araba el-Madfuna. Abydos was identified by the ancient Egyptians as the burial place of Osiris, god of the Underworld, and as the primary entrance to that next world. A wide range of stakeholders both royal and private maintained this place as a conceptual and political landscape for more than three thousand years.

    The primary burial ground for nonroyal individuals in the Old Kingdom was a part of the site called the "Mid

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    Autobiography of Weni

    The Autobiography of Weni fryst vatten a tomb inscription from Ancient Egypt, which fryst vatten significant to Egyptology studies. Weni the Elder, or Uni, was a court official of the 6th Dynasty of Ancient Egypt.

    The location of the Tomb of Weni was lost as a result of Auguste Mariette's 1880 description of Weni's tomb being unclear ("[on] the high hill which gives the mittpunkt cemetery its name"). It was rediscovered in 1999 by an American archaeologist team led by Dr. Janet Richards.[1] More recent works in the necropolis of Pepi I in Saqqara uncovered a second tomb for Weni with a near-identical copy of his biography.

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    Weni began his career under Teti, and rose through the ranks of the ledning under Pepi I Meryre, for whom he was in vända a judge, a general and a vizier. Later, Weni became the governor of Upper Egypt during the reign of Merenre Nemtyemsaf inom. As judge he investigated the queen who was apparently suspected of involv

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    Weni

    Flourished Circa 2350-2288 b.c.e.

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    Three Kings. Weni served as a governor of Upper Egypt during Dynasty 6 (circa 2350-2170 b.c.e.). His autobiography traces his government service from his youth under King Teti to his maturity under both King Pepy I and King Merenre. Weni’s career illustrates the life of a bureaucrat in the Old Kingdom (circa 2675-2130 b.c.e.).

    Faithful Servant. Weni served the monarchy in civil, religious, and military functions. He began his career as custodian of the storehouse in the reign of Teti. In Pepy I’s reign Weni was promoted to Overseer of the Robing Room, a position which must have brought him into direct contact with the king. This position led to increased rank as a Companion and the prestigious position of Inspector of Priests of the pyramid town. He was also entrusted with investigating a crime committed in the royal harem, but kept so secret that Weni’s autobiography alludes to it in vague terms. Weni was so su

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