Qar (Ancient Egyptian official)

Qar was an official of the Sixth Dynasty of Egypt. Son of Idu, he probably lived and served between Merenre I and Pepy II.

Tomb
The tomb of Qar (G 7101) lies north of the edge of the Eastern Giza Cemetery, north of the nearby double mastaba of Kawab. The limestone superstructure of the mastaba has entirely disappeared. The rest of the complex, save part of the stairway, was excavated from the rock. Some of the decoration of the stairways were executed in limestone blocks over the natural rock and as many of those blocks have been displaced or broken up many scenes are incomplete.

Family
The tomb depicts several members of his family:


 * His mother Khenout (ḫnwt).
 * Gefi (gfi), his wife, beloved by him (ḥmt.f mrt.f) who bears the titles of known to the king (rḫt nzwt) and priestess of Hathor (ḥmt-nṯr [ḥwt-ḥr]).
 * Idw, a beloved son (sȝ.f mry.f) who carries at the time of the tomb construction several titles, some being already carried by his father: scribe of the royal records in the presence (zš ˁ(w) (nw) nzwt ḫft-ḥr) and overseer of the scribes (imy-rȝ zšw).
 * Nekhti, a brother (sn.f Nḫti).
 * Tjetout, a beloved sister (snt.f mrt.f ṯtwt) and another beloved sister, Bendjet (snt.f mrt.f Bnḏt) who is probably the person buried in G7215.

Dependents
Several dependents of Qar were also represented with their most relevant titles:


 * Idu, lector priest (ẖry-ḥbt).
 * Idu, scribe (zš).
 * Idu, no title preserved.
 * Idu, true(?) document scribe of the Great House (zš mḏȝt-nṯr mȝˁ pr-ˁȝ).
 * Ouseri, no title preserved.
 * Ni-Khety, no title preserved.
 * Nekheti, overseer of k3-servants (imy-rȝ ḥm(w)-kȝ).
 * Nekheti, companion, supervisor of the king, scribe, noble of the king (smr, ḫry-tp nzwt, zš, šps nzwt).
 * Nesouhor, overseer of the portal (imy-rȝ pr n rwt).
 * Nekermehat, no title preserved.
 * Rensi, director of the dining hall (ḫrp zḥ).
 * Kheti, scribe.
 * Qar, senior lector priest (ẖry-ḥbt smsw).
 * Qar, no title preserved.
 * Name not preserved, overseer of the fowlers, (imy-rȝ wḥˁw).
 * Name not preserved, lector priest, scribe of the god's writing of the Great House, scribe .. (ẖry-ḥbt, zš mḏȝt-nṯr pr-ˁȝ, zš..).
 * Name not preserved, lector priest.

Titles
His titles were: Translation and indexes from Dilwyn Jones