Isesi-ankh
Sign in to saveIsesi-ankh (transliteration Izzi-ˁnḫ; ) was an ancient Egyptian high official during the second half of the Fifth Dynasty, in the late 25th to mid 24th century BC. His name means "Isesi lives". He may have been a son of king Isesi and queen Meresankh IV, although this is debated. Isesi-ankh probably lived during the reign of Djedkare Isesi and that of his successor Unas. He was buried in a mastaba tomb in north Saqqara, now ruined.
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Father
- Djedkare Isesi
- Sibling
- Neserkauhor
- Occupation
- aristocrat
- Family
- Fifth Dynasty of Egypt
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- Isesi-ankh closeup.jpg
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Isesi-ankh (transliteration Izzi-ˁnḫ; ) was an ancient Egyptian high official during the second half of the Fifth Dynasty, in the late 25th to mid 24th century BC. His name means "Isesi lives". He may have been a son of king Isesi and queen Meresankh IV, although this is debated. Isesi-ankh probably lived during the reign of Djedkare Isesi and that of his successor Unas. He was buried in a mastaba tomb in north Saqqara, now ruined.
==Filiation== Isesi-ankh may have been a son of Djedkare Isesi, as suggested by his name and his title of ''King's son. In addition, similarities in the titles and locations of the tombs of Isesi-ankh and Kaemtjenent have led Egyptologists such as William Stevenson Smith to propose that the two were brothers and sons of Meresankh IV. Alternatively, Isesi-ankh may have been a son of Kaemtjenent.