Khay (vizier)

Khay (Kh-'-y) was an Ancient Egyptian noble who served as Vizier in the latter part of the reign of Ramesses II, during the 19th Dynasty.

Khay's father was said to be greatly favored by the Lord of the Two Lands and a Troop Commander of the goodly god.

A stela from Abydos shows that Khay started his career as the First Royal Herald of the Lord of the Two Lands.

His Majesty decreed that the Hereditary Noble and Count, God's Father beloved of the God, Guardian of Nekhen, Prophet of Maat, Judge and Dignitary, City-governor and Vizier, Khay, justified, be charged to proclaim the Jubilee festival in the entire land, throughout the South and the North."

Khay was buried in Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Thebes, where a mud brick pyramid belonging to the tomb complex was found by the mission of Université libre de Bruxelles in 2013.

Rock cut stela in the rock cut temple of Horemhab at Gebel el-Silsila . Khay is shown in the second register on the right