Overseer of fields
High-ranking royal court official in Ancient Egypt
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The overseer of fields was one of the highest court officials at the Egyptian royal court. The title appears first in the provincial administration of the Old Kingdom and is attested in the First Intermediate Period at the royal court. In the early Middle Kingdom it is again best attested at provincial level.[1] In the late Middle Kingdom they regularly bear the title royal sealer, indicating that they now belonged to the royal court.[2] In the Middle Kingdom is also attested the scribe of the fields who evidently worked under the overseer of fields.[3]
Titleholders
- Ankhu (son of Merestekhi)
- Dedtu (dating to D13; P. Boulaq 18, reused blocks in the tomb of Seneb-kay)
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Ancient Egyptian titulary
- Great Royal Wife
- Khenemetneferhedjet
- Pharaoh
- Divine Adoratrice of Amun
- God's Wife
- God's Wife of Amun
- High Priest of Amun
- High Priest of Osiris
- High Priest of Ptah
- High Priest of Ra
- Lector priest
- Priestess of Hathor
- Second Prophet of Amun
- Servant in the Place of Truth
- Stolist
- Two Ladies
- Herald
- Fan-bearer on the Right Side of the King
- Haty-a
- High steward
- Iry-pat
- Khekeret-nisut
- Nomarch
- Overseer of cattle
- Overseer of fields
- Overseer of the treasuries
- Overseer of Upper Egypt
- Royal sealer (Ancient Egypt)
- Treasurer
- Viceroy of Kush
- Vizier
- Reporter
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