Yuny

Yuny Viceroy of Kush
Predecessor	Amenemopet
Successor	Heqanakht
Dynasty	19th Dynasty
Pharaoh	Seti I, Ramesses II

Yuny or Iuny was an official through the reign of Ramesses II, in the 19th Dynasty, serving as chief scribe of the court, the overseer of priests, and royal steward. His tomb at Deir Durunka, south of Assiut, portrays Yuny as an hereditary prince and a count. A life-sized statue of him was discovered in his tomb.

Viceroy of Kush

Yuni served as Head of the-stable-of-Sethy-I, Charioteer of His Majesty, and Chief of the Medjay before becoming Viceroy during the reign of Seti I.^[1] He would use some of these titles simultaneously. On a stela from Abydos -now in the Cairo Museum (Jd'E 34620) - the inscription reads:

Made by the Superintendent of Deserts in the Southern Foreign country, Viceroy in Nubia (Ta-Sety), Chief of Works in the Estate of Amun, Chief of the Madjayu-militia, Iuny.(Kitchen) ^[2]

Yuni started the Egyptian building projects at Amara West and Aksha.^[3] It was "on his orders that the first blocks of the Abu Simbel temples were cut."^[4] Iuny commemorated his work with a rock-cut scene showing himself standing before Ramesses II on the Abu Simbel cliff.^[4] After ten years under Ramesses II, Iuny retired from his post in Nubia.^[4] He was succeeded by Heqanakht.

References

^ The Viceroys of Ethiopia (II) by George A. Reisner The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, Vol. 6, No. 1. (Jan., 1920), pp. 73-88.
^ Kitchen, K.A., Rammeside Inscriptions, Translated & Annotated, Translations, Volume III, Blackwell Publishers, 1996
^ Joyce Tyldesley, Ramesses: Egypt's Greatest Pharaohs, Penguin Books, 2001 paperback, p.167
^ ^a ^b ^c Tyldesley, op. cit., p.167

Government Officials and Priesthood from the time of Ramesses II

Vizier	Paser Khay Thutmose Prehotep I Prehotep II

Viceroy of Kush	Amenemopet Neferronpet Yuny Heqanakht Paser II Huy Setau Anhotep

Treasurer	Nebiot Amenmose Panehsy Suti Pay-ten-hab Amenemone

Overseer of the Granary	Siese the Elder Qeny Siese the Younger Kheriuf

High Priest of Amun	Nebwenenef Paser Bakenkhonsu Roma called Roy

High Priest of Ptah	Huy Pahemnetjer Didia Khaemwaset Neferronpet Hori I

High Priest of Re	Bak Amenemope Meryatum

High Priest of Osiris	Mery Wenennefer Hori Yuyu

External links

Image and description of statue of Yuni and his wife. Metropolitan Museum of Art.

List of ancient Egyptians

Consorts	Neithhotep Tetisheri Ahhotep I Ahmose-Nefertari Ahmose Tiye Nefertiti Ankhesenamun Nefertari

Court officials	Imhotep Weni Sobeknakht II Ahmose-Ebana Ineni Senenmut Rekhmire Yuya Amenhotep, son of Hapu Maya Yuny Bay Manetho Pothinus

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Name	Yuny
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Short description	Chief scribe of the Egyptian court
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