The Treasurer (or often also translated as Chancellor) in Ancient Egypt is the modern translation of the title imi-r ḫtmt (word by word: Overseer of the Seal or Overseer of sealed things). The office is known since the end of the Old Kingdom, where people with this title appear sporadically in the organization of private estates.
In the Middle Kingdom, the office became one of the most important ones at the royal court. At the end of the 18th Dynasty, the title lost its importance, although the famous Bay had this office. In the later New Kingdom the function of a treasurer was overtaken by the overseer of the treasury.
The treasurer was responsible for products coming to the royal palace. They were the main economic administrator of the royal belongings.
Famous title holders includeMiddle KingdomBebi, was later appointed vizier, under Mentuhotep IIKheti, under Mentuhotep IIMeketre, under Mentuhotep II and afterIpi, under Amenemhet IRehuerdjersen, under Amenemhet I or laterSobekhotep, under Senusret I, year 22Mentuhotep, under Senusret IMerykau, under Amenemhat IISiese, was later appointed vizier, under Amenemhat IISenankh, under Senusret IIISobekemhat was later appointed vizier, under Senusret IIIIykhernofret, under Senusret IIISenebsumai, Thirteenth DynastySenebi, Thirteenth DynastyAmenhotep, Thirteenth DynastyNew KingdomNehsi, under HatshepsutTay, under HatshepsutSennefer, under Thutmose IIIMeryre, under Amenhotep IIIPtahmose, under Amenhotep III, after year 30Bay, under Seti IILate PeriodUdjahorresnet, under Cambyses II and Darius ISematawytefnakht, Thirtieth to Argead dynasties