Autobiography of Weni
The Autobiography of Weni is a tomb inscription from Ancient Egypt, which is significant to Egyptology studies. Weni the Elder, or Uni, was a court official of the 6th Dynasty of Ancient Egypt.
| Autobiography of Weni | |
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Autobiography of Weni, now at the Egyptian Museum, Cairo | |
| Material | Cedar wood and Gypsum |
| Created | c. 2250 BC |
| Discovered | 1999 |
| Uni (Unj) in hieroglyphs | |||
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The Tomb of Weni was lost as a result of Auguste Mariette's 1880 description of Weni's tomb being unclear ("[on] the high hill which gives the middle cemetery its name"). It was rediscovered in 1999 by an American archaeologist team led by Dr. Janet Richards. More recent works in the necropolis of Pepi I in Saqqara uncovered a second tomb for Weni with a near-identical copy of his biography.
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