Siese the Elder explained

Style:	Superintendent of the Granary
Siese the Elder
Successor:	Qeni
Pharaoh:	Ramesses II
Children:	Qeni

Siese the Elder was the Superintendent of the Granary during the reign of Ramesses II. Siese and his family came from Asyut.^[1]

Siese is known from a statue now in the Louvre (A. 74). Siese is said to be a Real King's scribe and the Superintendent of the Granary. On the dorsal pillar of the statue Siese is also said to be a General, and his position in the Granary is given in more detail as the Superintendent of the Granary of the North and South.^[2]

Siese's name also appears on an ostracon (O. Gardiner 40) detailing a list of officials.^[2] He is named along with

• Mahu, the Steward and Superintendent of the Fields of Montu,
• Nakht, son of Pahedjet, the Superintendent of Partals/Judgement Halls,
• Mose, son of Raemwia, Superintendent of the Workshop/Stores of Khonsu
• Huy, son of Iyernutef, Treasury chief, Superintendent of the Fort
• Pakhenmes, singer of Min in Koptos
• Patutu, Policeman of the Estate of Amun-Re, King of the Gods
• Sonb-ihay, Cowherd of the Altar

Siese the Elder was the father of Qeni and the grandfather of Siese the Younger, as recorded on a dyad belonging to Siese the Younger.^[3]

Notes and References

1. [Jochem Kahl]
2. Kitchen, Kenneth A. Ramesside Inscriptions, Translated and Annotated Translations: Ramesses II, His Contemporaries (Ramesside Inscriptions Translations) (Volume III) Wiley-Blackwell. 2001, pp 101-102,
3. Kitchen, Kenneth A. Ramesside Inscriptions, Translated and Annotated Translations: Ramesses II, His Contemporaries (Ramesside Inscriptions Translations) (Volume III) Wiley-Blackwell. 2001, pp 102-103,