What is "rawer"

Raw \Raw\ (r[add]), a. [Compar. Rawer (r[add]"[~e]r); superl. Rawest.] [AS. hre['a]w; akin to D. raauw, LG. rau, G. roh, OHG. r[=o], Icel. hr[=a]r, Dan. raa, Sw. r[*a], L. crudus, Gr. kre`as flesh, Skr. kravis raw flesh. [root]18. Cf. Crude, Cruel.]

1. Not altered from its natural state; not prepared by the action of heat; as, raw sienna; specifically, not cooked; not changed by heat to a state suitable for eating; not done; as, raw meat.

2. Hence: Unprepared for use or enjoyment; immature; unripe; unseasoned; inexperienced; unpracticed; untried; as, raw soldiers; a raw recruit.

   Approved himself to the raw judgment of the multitude.
   --De Quincey.

3. Not worked in due form; in the natural state; untouched by art; unwrought. Specifically:

   1. Not distilled; as, raw water. [Obs.]
      --Bacon.

   2. Not spun or twisted; as, raw silk or cotton.

   3. Not mixed or diluted; as, raw spirits.

   4. Not tried; not melted and strained; as, raw tallow.

   5. Not tanned; as, raw hides.

   6. Not trimmed, covered, or folded under; as, the raw edge of a piece of metal or of cloth.

4. Not covered; bare. Specifically:

   1. Bald. [Obs.] ``With skull all raw.''
      --Spenser

   2. Deprived of skin; galled; as, a raw sore.

   3. Sore, as if by being galled.

      And all his sinews waxen weak and raw Through long imprisonment.
      --Spenser.

5. Disagreeably damp or cold; chilly; bleak; as, a raw wind. ``A raw and gusty day.''
   --Shak.

   Raw material, material that has not been subjected to a (specified) process of manufacture; as, ore is the raw material used in smelting; leather is the raw material of the shoe industry.

   Raw pig, cast iron as it comes from the smelting furnace.

a. (en-comparative of: raw)

Rawer (named after the god Ra) was an Ancient Egyptian Prince, son of Prince Kaemsekhem and Princess Ka'aper. He was a descendant of Kings Khufu and Sneferu. Rawer's brother was Prince Minkhaf II.

Rawer was an important Ancient Egyptian official at the royal in the Fifth Dynasty in the reign of king Neferirkare Kakai and perhaps under king Sahure. He is known from several sources but mainly from his monumental mastaba at Giza. Rawer had several important titles, many of them related to the wardrobe of the king. He was royal hairdresser, overseer of the royal ornament and director of the kilt to mention just a few of his titles. Rawer is most famous for a short biographical inscription discovered in his tomb. The text reports that king Neferirkare appeared at a ritual called taking the prow-rope of the god's boat. At this event the staff of the king crossed the way of Rawer who touched that staff by accident and might have stumbled and therefore interrupted the ritual although the text is not clear at this point. The king immediately said be healthy. The text reports further that the event was written down and copied into the tomb of Rawer.

The mastaba was a huge burial complex that was found heavily destroyed. Especially remarkable is the high number of statues found. Otherwise little is known about Rawer. In the funerary temple of king Sahure is depicted asole friend Rawer. He might be identical to the official buried at Giza. Little is known about his family. His father was called Ites, his mother Hetepheres. Two children are known, a daughter called Hetepheres and a son called Rawer.

Rawer was an Ancient Egyptian official of the Sixth Dynasty. His main title was that of a vizier, making him to one of the highst officials at the royal court. Rawer is so far only known from his rather modest mastaba found at Saqqara, close to the pyramid of king Teti. Rawer had several titles, including overseer of Upper Egypt, but also royal sealer and beloved of god.

His mastaba is only 6.83 m long and 4.30 m wide. It contained one room, the offering chapel, with the entrance on the east side. On the west side of the offering chapel are two false doors. All walls are decorated with scenes showing offering bearers and Rawer. There are no family members shown in the chapel. No king's name appears in the tomb. On stylistic grounds, one migt date the mastaba to the reign of Pepi I.