Hunefer
Ancient Egyptian scribe
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| Intro | Ancient Egyptian scribe | |
| Places | Egypt | |
| is | Scribe | |
| Work field | Literature | |
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Hunefer was a scribe during the 19th Dynasty (fl. c. 1300 BCE) . He was the owner of the Papyrus of Hunefer, a copy of the funerary Egyptian Book of the Dead, which represents one of the classic examples of these texts, along with others such as the Papyrus of Ani.
Hunefer was "Scribe of Divine Offerings", "Overseer of Royal Cattle", and steward of Pharaoh Seti I.