Siese the Elder was the Superintendent of the Granary during the reign of
Ramesses II. Siese and his family came from
Asyut.[1]
Siese is known from a statue now in the
Louvre (A. 74). Siese is said to be a Real King's scribe and the Superintendent of the Granary. On the dorsal pillar of the statue Siese is also said to be a General, and his position in the Granary is given in more detail as the Superintendent of the Granary of the North and South.[2]
Siese's name also appears on an
ostracon (O. Gardiner 40) detailing a list of officials.[2] He is named along with
Mahu, the Steward and Superintendent of the Fields of
Montu,
Nakht, son of Pahedjet, the Superintendent of Partals/Judgement Halls,
Mose, son of Raemwia, Superintendent of the Workshop/Stores of
Khonsu
Huy, son of Iyernutef, Treasury chief, Superintendent of the Fort
Patutu, Policeman of the Estate of
Amun-Re, King of the Gods
Sonb-ihay, Cowherd of the Altar
Siese the Elder was the father of
Qeni and the grandfather of
Siese the Younger, as recorded on a
dyad belonging to Siese the Younger.[3]
References
^Jochem Kahl, Mahmoud El-Khadragy, Ursula Verhoeven and Monika Zöller, The Asyut Project: Fourth Season of Fieldwork (2006), in Studien zur Altägyptischen Kultur, Bd. 36 (2007), pp. 89
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abKitchen, Kenneth A. Ramesside Inscriptions, Translated and Annotated Translations: Ramesses II, His Contemporaries (Ramesside Inscriptions Translations) (Volume III) Wiley-Blackwell. 2001, pp 101-102,
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^Kitchen, Kenneth A. Ramesside Inscriptions, Translated and Annotated Translations: Ramesses II, His Contemporaries (Ramesside Inscriptions Translations) (Volume III) Wiley-Blackwell. 2001, pp 102-103,
ISBN978-0631184287