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We endeavor to further explore the placement of the 22nd Dynasty after the demise of the 18th in order to probe its feasibility. We believe that 22nd dynasty pottery, or rather its scarcity or near non-existence is due to the continuity of 18th dynasty wares being produced during its entire existence. The 18th dynasty, having spanned some 200 years between ca. 1015 to 810 BC, influenced manufacturing techniques for nearly another 150 years until the start of the 19th dynasty according to the revised setting here supported. All in all, for ca. 350 years merchandize and goods were produced largely following to 18th dynasty conventions and made available among the people and nations. Changes of manufacture during 19th dynasty times signaled the end of 18th dynasty artistry. This situation may support the revised scenario, in that by our chronology, the 18th dynasty skills were now in the distant past. According to our theory, some antique personalities like Iniuia [100] (`Overseer of the cattle of Amun, the High Steward in Memphis'; `Scribe of the treasury of Silver and Gold of the Lord of the Two Lands') for example, are hard to date. Finds associated with them show affinity to Amarna times, but it begs the question if that is so because they lived close to the time of King Tut, or is it, because the Egyptian craftsmen were still producing the type of goods characteristic of that age?
The family of Iniuia included his wife Iuy, their sons Ramose and Penanhori and their daughters Meritre and Wiay. The parents of Iniuia were his father `judge' Iuny and his mother Wesy.
Among the finds associated with Iniuia is the pyramid capstone of Khay, son of Hadad. Finding the name Hadad commands our attention for we brought already evidence forward, that Yuya is the alter-ego of Ashurnasirpal/Ben Hadad of Mesopotamian fame. Perhaps we ought to consider the time of Iniuia to have been closer to the time of Yuya on that basis. A suggestion may be that Iniuia lived within a generation or two of Yuya.
The quartzite sarcophagus of a 22nd dynasty prince named Harnakhte can be seen in KMT, Vol. 12, No. 4, Winter 2001-02, p. 88.
Notes & References
[100] See Hans D. Schneider, The Rediscovery of Iniuia in Egyptian Archaeology, 1993, p. 3-5.
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