Irynachet

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Irynachet (circa 2200 BCE) was an ancient Egyptian physician who lived at the end of the Old Kingdom or the start of the First Intermediate Period. He is known from a false door found at Giza, later reused as the cover of a shaft tomb (excavation no. S 2065). The door lists rare titles: senior physician of the royal household, physician of the belly of the royal household, protector of the anus, and physician of the eyes of the royal household. These titles show a high level of medical specialization already in the Old Kingdom. He was also called Iry, a shortened form of his name, and his full name was Ny-ankh-Pepy.