Kheti

Kheti is a Sanskrit word, meaning farming. It is used in many Indian Subcontinental languages specially in Punjabi.

Kheti (alt. Khety, Akhtoy, Aktoy, Achthoes): is also a personal ancient Egyptian name popular during the First Intermediate Period. While the existence of the men below is not in dispute, their relationships to each other and other historical personalities often is.

* Kheti: vizier famous for his impartiality, [James Henry Breasted, "The Dawn of Conscience", p.127, 1933] mentioned in the "The Installation of the Vizier" (alt."Regulation Laid upon the Vizier Rekhmire"). [Miriam Lichtheim, "Ancient Egyptian Literature, Volume II: The New Kingdom", University of California Press 1978 pp.21ff.]
* Kheti: Vizier under Amenemhat III, year 29, mentioned in a papyrus found at Lahun (identical with the former one?) [Collier/S. Quirke: "The UCL Lahun Papyri: Religious, Literary, Legal, Mathematical and Medical", London 2004, 118-119]
* Kheti I: ruler at Asyut [Katheryn A. Bard, "Encyclopedia of the Archaeology of Ancient Egypt ", Routledge 1999, pp.157f.] [J. H. Breasted, "Ancient Records of Egypt", Part One, § 398ff.]
* Kheti II: grandson of Kheti I, last of his line after probably losing out in the wars between the various powers of Upper Egypt [J. H. Breasted, "Ancient Records of Egypt", Part One, § 405ff.]
* Kheti: at times referred to as Kheti III, ruler of Heracleopolis during the First Intermediate Period, purported author of the "Instruction of Merikare" [ M. Lichtheim, "Ancient Egyptian Literature", Vol.1, pp.99ff] .
* Kheti, alt. Dua-Kheti: author of the "The Satire of the Trades" (also called "The Instruction of Dua-Kheti"), a work of Middle Kingdom didactic literature. [M. Lichtheim, "Ancient Egyptian Literature", Vol.1, pp.184ff.] .

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