| 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 |
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| Uni (Unj) in hieroglyphs | |||
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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.
The location of 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.[1] 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.
- ^ Richards, Janet. "Quest for Weni the Elder". Archaeological Institute of America. #54 - May / June, 2001 (3). Archived from the original on 2018-08-26. Retrieved 3 September 2018.