Publication at Faculty of Arts |
2011
Abstract
The present article deals with some questions connected with the institution of vizierate and with the title of "vizier" in the Old Kingdom. In this period of time viziers bore the composite title; the further hieroglyphic signs were appended in some cases to this title.
The vizier''s title and the additions have been interpreted in egyptological literature in several ways. This article summarises transcription-styles of the vizier''s title, proposes a new interpretation of the phallus-sign and tries to determinate important turning-points of vizierate in the Old Kingdom.