Nomarch

Nomarch (also Nomarch ) Ancient Egypt is a modern, relatively vague, name for the administrator of a nome. He is often blurred as well as " Nomarch " means (after Nomos, the Greek word that is translated as Gau into German). The nomarch had legal, military and theological duties. Its main titles were in the First Intermediate Period and early Middle Kingdom " large head of a province " and since the Middle Kingdom "mayor" ( Hatia ).

The districts

In parts of the research, it is assumed that the districts were initially independent principalities and after the unification of Egypt's administrative districts. Most districts are occupied especially since the Old Kingdom. On the White Chapel of Sesostris I, they are all listed, but are still up in Ptolemaic period of significance. In Egypt, there were 42 districts, including 22 in the upper and 20 in Lower Egypt.

The Office

The development of nomarchs is hard to follow for the early Old Kingdom. Some of the king seems to have sent court officials in the provinces to manage them. This court officials are usually known by their grave sites in the residence. However, there were also local families as large provincial grave plants occupy. These grave sites are often not labeled, so that little can be said about the people buried here. An important title was adj - mer - channel graves. This points to the important task to service local channel systems.

At the end of the 5th dynasty can also be found in the provinces more frequently labeled grave sites. They prove that the nomarchs partly from the residence, but also descended from local families. The Office seems to have become largely hereditary. In the 6th dynasty the title appears great chief of the province that remained until the early Middle Kingdom, the main title of these people. In addition, they are often also the chief priests what their religious leadership position underscores. Mayor - - In the First Intermediate Period the title Hatia has become increasingly important. Especially in the Middle Kingdom is the normal title sequence nomarchs the mayor and chief of the priests. They were mainly in the 12th dynasty wealthy officials who could afford large, monumental grave sites.

Under Sesostris III. was severely curtailed, although the Office continued to exist on a hereditary basis of their power. Probably the provinces were divided into the management of individual towns, each with a mayor. Especially from the Second Intermediate Period, there is again evidence that some local families came to special power. In the New Kingdom the administration of the late Middle Kingdom persisted. In the provincial towns there were individual mayor, but no actual nomarchs more.