# Tjauti

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{{Short description|Ancient Egyptian official}}
{{about|nomarch of the Coptic Nome|nomarch of Iqer|Tjauti (nomarch of Iqer)}}
{{Infobox Egyptian dignitary
| Style = Nomarch<br><small>of the [5th](/source/Haraw%C3%AE) ''nome'' of Upper Egypt</small>
| Name= Tjauti
| Image= Tjauty.jpg
| Caption= False door of Tjauti
| Dynasty = [8th dynasty](/source/Eighth_Dynasty_of_Egypt) 
}}
'''Tjauti''' was an [ancient Egypt](/source/ancient_Egypt)ian official who lived at the end of the [Eighth Dynasty](/source/Eighth_Dynasty_of_Egypt). He is known from a number of sources providing evidence that he was a [nomarch](/source/nomarch) of the [Coptic Nome](/source/Haraw%C3%AE) in [Upper Egypt](/source/Upper_Egypt). However, the sources are often broken and the figure of Tjauti remains therefore enigmatic.

The most important objects naming Tjauti are the fragments of a [false door](/source/false_door) found near [Khozam](/source/Khozam) (compare: [Iushenshen](/source/Iushenshen))<ref>Maha Farid Mostafa: ''The Mastaba of SmAj at Naga' Kom el-Koffar, Qift.'' Vol. I: '' Autobiographies and related scenes and texts.'' Ministry of Antiquities and Heritage, Cairo 2014, {{ISBN|978-977642004-5}}, p. 201, pl. XXXII</ref> where he is called ''[overseer of Upper Egypt](/source/overseer_of_Upper_Egypt)'', which was one of the most important titles in the [Old Kingdom](/source/Old_Kingdom). He is also called ''the one who fills the heart of the king'' showing some close connection to the royal court. A person called Tjauti-iqer also appears in several inscriptions in the [Wadi Hammamat](/source/Wadi_Hammamat), reporting the transport of stones: Tjauti-iqer seems to be a variant of the name. The inscriptions also mentions the ''god's father'' [Idy](/source/Idy_(vizier)), who was the son of [Shemay](/source/Shemay). Shemay lived at the end of the Eighth Dynasty providing also a date for Tjauti to about the same period.

==Gebel Tjaut inscription==
{{main|Gebel Tjauti}}
A further inscription was found at the rock today called [Gebel Tjauti](/source/Gebel_Tjauti) (the rock is named after Tjauti) which is today much destroyed, but gave rise for some speculation as some fights seem to be mentioned.<ref>Maha Farid Mostafa: ''The Mastaba of SmAj at Naga' Kom el-Koffar, Qift.'' Band I: '' Autobiographies and related scenes and texts.'' Ministry of Antiquities and Heritage, Cairo 2014, {{ISBN|978-977642004-5}}, 200–201</ref> The inscription seems to report the opening of a road. Close to this inscription was found another one naming a king Intef and the ''assault of soldiers''. The publication of the inscription sees a connection between these two inscriptions and identifies Intef, with [Intef I](/source/Intef_I).<ref>John C. Darnell: ''Theban Desert Road Survey in the Egyptian Western Desert, Vol. 1, Gebel Tjauti Rock Inscriptions 1–45 and Wadi el-Hol Rock Inscriptions 1–45'', Chicago 2002, {{ISBN|1-885923-17-1}}, p. 30-46</ref>

== References ==
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Category:People of the Eighth Dynasty of Egypt
Category:Overseers of Upper Egypt
Category:3rd-millennium BC births
Category:22nd-century BC deaths
Category:Nomarchs

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