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    Meketre was chancellor and high steward during the reign of Mentuhotep II, Mentuhotep III and perhaps Amenemhat I, during the Middle Kingdom. Meketre...
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    in the slideshow below. A procession of offerings found in the tomb of Meketre in the 12th dynasty. The people depicted are believed to possibly be his...
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  • around 2000 BC. Officials holding the post include Bay or Irsu, Khety Meketre, and Nakhti. For centuries, the King of France appointed the Chancellor...
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    two most notable private tombs at Deir el-Bahari. The first is that of Meketre (TT280), which contained many painted wooden funerary models from the Middle...
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    try square from the 20th century BC. Discovered in 1920 in the tomb of Meketre near Thebes. Traditional wooden try square with a slightly curved profile...
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  • mid-14th century BC Daughter of Pharaoh Akhenaten and his wife Nefertiti. Meketre Treasurer 11th dynasty fl. c. 21st century BC Chancellor (treasurer) and...
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    the Theban Necropolis, is the burial place of the ancient Egyptian noble Meketre who was chancellor and chief steward during the reign of Mentuhotep II...
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    tomb of Tutankhamen, dating back to the Sixth Dynasty, and in the tomb of Meketre (2061–2010 BC). The wide variety of vessels depicted by the models in these...
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    circumstantial, based on co-location with the tomb (TT280) of the High Steward Meketre, one of the chief officials of the reign. However Dorothea Arnold recently...
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    sed festival for the king. Other important officials were the treasurer Meketre and the overseer of sealers Meru. His general was Intef. Throughout the...
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