Dedi

This article is about the fictional magician. For the robotic probe studying the pyramids, see Djedi Project. For other uses, see Dedi (disambiguation).
Dedi in hieroglyphs
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Djedi
D(j)dj [1]
he who endures[2]

Djedi (also Dedi[3] or Djedi of Djed-Sneferu[4]) is the name of a fictional ancient Egyptian magician appearing in the fourth chapter of a story told in the legendary Westcar Papyrus. He is said to have worked wonders during the reign of king (pharaoh) Khufu (4th Dynasty).

  1. ^ Westcar-Papyrus, column 7, first row
  2. ^ Verena M. Lepper: Untersuchungen zu pWestcar. Eine philologische und literaturwissenschaftliche (Neu-)Analyse. In: Ägyptologische Abhandlungen, Band 70. Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 2008, ISBN 3-447-05651-7, page 103.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference VeLe was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ „Djed-Sneferu“ was the curatorial name of Dahshur during the Old Kingdom. See: Jean Claude Goyon, Christine Cardin: Proceedings of the ninth International Congress of Egyptologists, volume 1. page 1128.