Kagemni

Kagemni
in hieroglyphic

Relief of Kagemni in his Mastaba

Kagemni was a vizier, Sixth Dynasty, Old Kingdom, c. 2350 BC. Kagemni was named to the royal help in the prevail of King Unas and achieved high rank under King Teti, having been set Vizier. He was swallowed in a tomb in Saqqara, on the ramparts of which he is took in the company of favorite monkeys and members of the ancient stock of prickeared dogs.

Kagemni, who may or may not be the same person as the Vizier, is likewise remembered for a literary text, a series of Admonitions in which he is offered, by an strange author, practical, even questioning advice on how to succeed in life. The text, as it being, was credibly written during the Middle Kingdom. Some government would have it that the writing of the Admonitions is by a several hand.


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