Qeni

Qeni
Superintendent of the Granary
Predecessor	Siese the Elder
Successor	Siese the Younger
Dynasty	19th Dynasty
Pharaoh	Ramesses II
Father	Siese the Elder
Wife	Wiay
Children	Siese the Younger, Tiy, called Nefertari, wife of the High Priest of Osiris Wennufer

Qeni was the Superintendent of the Granary during the reign of Ramesses II. Qeni and his family came from Asyut.^[1]

A dyad from Deir Durunka (MMA 17.2.5) records that Qeni was the son of Siese the Elder and that Siese the Younger was in turn his son.^[2]

Qeni is mentioned on a stela from Abydos dated to year 42 of the reign of Ramesses II. The stela is now in the Cairo Museum (CGC 34505). On the stela the King is shown offering to the gods Osiris, Isis and Horus. Qeni is mentioned as the father of Tiy, named Nefertari. Tiy was the wife of the High Priest of Osiris Wennenefer. The stela is dedicated to Wennenefer, the Vizier Prehotep and the High Priest of Anhur Minmose, who are all said to be brothers.^[3]

References

1. Jochem Kahl, Mahmoud El-Khadragy, Ursula Verhoeven and Monika Zöller, The Asyut Project: Fourth Season of Fieldwork (2006), in Studien zur Altägyptischen Kultur, Bd. 36 (2007), pp. 89
2. Kitchen, Kenneth A. Ramesside Inscriptions, Translated and Annotated Translations: Ramesses II, His Contemporaries (Ramesside Inscriptions Translations) (Volume III) Wiley-Blackwell. 2001, pp 101-102, ISBN 978-0631184287
3. Kitchen, Kenneth A. Ramesside Inscriptions, Translated and Annotated Translations: Ramesses II, His Contemporaries (Ramesside Inscriptions Translations) (Volume III) Wiley-Blackwell. 2001, pp 323, ISBN 978-0631184287