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Yuya (sometimes transliterated as Iouiya) also known as Yaa, Ya, Yiya, Yayi, Yu, Yuyu, Yaya, Yiay, Yia, Yuy, was a powerful Egyptian courtier of the Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt (circa 1400 BCE).
Career
Yuya served as a key adviser for Pharaoh Amenhotep III (father of Akhenaten), who married Yuya's daughter Tiye. Amenhotep III probably knew Yuya and his family well, as Yuya was likely appointed to his position under Amenhotep's father, Thutmose IV. Yuya is the only person in Egyptian history known to have been granted the title "Beloved Father of Pharaoh".
Yuya married Tjuyu, an Egyptian noblewoman and was the father of Tiye, who became Amenhotep's Great Royal Wife. Some scholars speculate that they also may have been the parents of AyCite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page).. It is believed by some that he was a son of Yey, another ancient official. However, there is not enough time between the time Yey could have had a child and the time that Yuya became official, as that would mean Yuya became vizier at a very young age, and it would mean that he died much younger than his mummy suggests. Also, it is also though by some that Yey was just some sort of nickname for Amenhotep II.
Together with his wife, Yuya was buried in the Valley of the Kings, in KV46, where their largely unpillaged remains were found in 1905.
List of Honors
Yuya was given the following honors:
- Father of the Holy Father
- The holy father of the Lord of the Two Lands (the pharaoh is known as the Lord of the Two Lands)
- Master of the Horse
- Deputy of His Majesty in the Chariotry
- Bearer of the Ring of the King of Lower Egypt
- Seal-bearer of the King of Lower Egypt
- Hereditary Noble and Count
- Overseer of the Cattle of Min, Lord of Akhmim
- Overseer of the Cattle of Amun
- Favorite of the Good God
- Confidant of the King
- Confidant of the Good God
- Mouth of the King of Upper Egypt
- Ears of the King of Lower Egypt
- Prophet of the God Min
- Unique Friend
- First of the Friends
- Prince
- Great Prince
- Great of Love
- Plentiful of Favors in the House of the King
- Plentiful of Favors under his Lord
- Enduring of Love under his Lord
- Beloved of the King of Upper Egypt
- Beloved of the King of Lower Egypt
- Beloved of the Lord of the Two Lands
- Beloved of God
- Possessor of Favor under the Lord of the Two Lands
- Praised of the Good God
- Praised of his God
- Praised of his Lord
- Praised of his Lord Amun
- Praised of the King
- Praised of the Lord of the Two Lands
- Praised One who came forth from the Body Praised
- One Made Rich by the King of Lower Egypt
- One Made Great by the King of Lower Egypt
- One Made Great by the Lord Who Does Things
- First among the King's Companions
- The Wise One
- He Whom the King Made Great and Wise, Whom the King Has Made His Double.
Yuya and Joseph
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Yuya's facial features, as observed on his mummy, have led some archaeologists to postulate that he was actually Asiatic in origin (usually thought to be Semitic, Canaanite, or Mitannian). Some scholars have gone so far as to connect Yuya with the biblical story of Joseph, a son of Jacob and Rachel.
The Egyptian Language has the sounds "j" (if hard), "s", and "f". It however lacks the "o" sound, our only evidence that Egyptian ever had this sound is from the Greeks, and the "e" traditionally placed between consonants, and turning "w"s to "u"s is genereally associated with Western linguistics.
This view is opposed by Biblical literalists who note that the book of Exodus in the Torah states that the Israelites brought Joseph's bones out of Egypt. Thus, since Yuya's body was found in Egypt in the Valley of the Kings, they claim that it is impossible that he is indeed Joseph. Those who do not accept the total historical accuracy of the Bible, such as Charles N. Pope, respond that Joseph may have been a composite of more than one individual, while Ahmed Osman responds that the part about his body's removal to Canaan may have been a later insertion, perhaps evidenced by the name for God (Elohim) used in that verse being different from the name used in the surrounding verses (YHWH).
Some Egyptologists argue that what we know of Yuya's family suggests that they did not come from Asia, but from the regional nobility of Akhmim, in Upper Egypt, as it is odd how strongly connected to the town he seems to be.
The claim about the hieroglyphs in Yuya's name being misread is also rejected by many archaeologists. The "ya" in his name is, in fact, two hieroglyphs, not one; and there is no single hieroglyph for "sef" in Egyptian. Hieroglyphs for "set" or "seth" look like a throne seat and a shoulder knot respectively, and do not in any way resemble a combination of a reed leaf and a vulture used for "ya". The hieroglyphs for "sef', "sep", "sf", and "sp" in Egyptian only vaguely represent the hieroglyps for "ya", and it is not likely that they are meant to.
Interestingly enough, "Yuya" has no translation in ancient Egyptian, while in Hebrew, it means "He is of God" or "He who is of God."
Sheikh Abdallah Shehata has anounced that a special mausoleum would be built for Yuya on behalf of Ahmed Osman, the first to postulate that there may be a connection between Joseph and Yuya.
Footnotes
- (Osman p. 113)
- Michael Rice, Who's Who in Ancient Egypt, p.222
- (Osman pp. 49-50)
- Michael Rice, Who's Who in Ancient Egypt, p.207
- "KV46 (Yuya and Thuyu)". Theban Mapping website. Retrieved Sept 23.
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- (Collier and Manley p. 3)
- (Collier and Manley p. 4)
- http://www.domainofman.com/book/chap-15.html
- (Osman p. 3)
- http://amscresearch.com/_wsn/page4.html
- Faulkner, Raymond O., A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Griffith Institute, Oxford, 1962
- http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2004/672/profile.htm
References
- Collier, Mark and Manley, Bill. How to Read Egyptian Hieroglyphs: Revised Edition. Berkeley, University of California Press, 1998.
- Osman, Ahmed. The Hebrew Pharaohs of Egypt. Rochester: Bear and Company, 1987.
- Winsten, Joseph. Moses Meets Israel: The Origins of One God. Rumford Inc., 1999.
- Faulkner, Raymond O. A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian. Griffith Institute, 1962
External links
- "An account of the discovery of Yuya's tomb". Tour Egypt. Retrieved March 2.
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