High Priest of Ra
The High Priest of Ra or of Re was known in Egyptian as the wr-mꜢw, which translates as Greatest of Seers.[1]
The main cult of
Heliopolis, northeast of present-day Cairo. The high priests of Ra are not as well documented as the high priests of other deities such as Amun and Ptah
.
List of high priests
- Old Kingdom(c. 2686 BCE – 2181 BCE)
- Third Dynasty
- Fourth Dynasty
- Middle Kingdom (c. 2055 BCE–1550 BCE)
- Nubkaura-ankh, from offering table and rock inscription
- Lahun
- Maakherure-emhutaat, seal
- Ra, seal
- Khentyhetep Iyemiatib, seal
- Iuefsenef, seal[2]
- New Kingdom (c. 1550 BCE–1069 BCE)
- Eighteenth Dynasty
- Ahmose, son of Amenhotep II. Served during the reign of Thutmose IV
- Pawah served during the reign of Akhenaten
- Nineteenth Dynasty
- Bak (High Priest of Re) Bak was a royal charioteer and later high priest of Re.
- Amenemope, son of the high priest of Amun, Parennefer called Wennefer
- Meryatum son of Ramesses II and Nefertari
- Rahotep served as Vizier as well as high priest of Re during the reign of Ramesses II.
- Twentieth Dynasty
- Twentieth Dynasty
- Nebmaatre, likely a son of Ramesses IX
Related archaeological elements
The Al-Masalla area of the
References
- ^ Elizabeth Frood, John Baines, Biographical texts from Ramessid Egypt.
- ISBN 978-0-7156-3745-6, p. 177
- ^ "El-Matariya Tombs, Heliopolis, Cairo". Archived from the original on 2010-12-23. Retrieved 2011-01-30. Planetware: Priests of Re tombs, Heliopolis—Al-Matariyyah. accessed 01.28.2011
- ^ Griffith, Francis Llewellyn (1911). . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 19 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 945.
- ^ http://www.planetware.com/cairo/heliopolis-obelisk-egy-cai-obe.htm Planetware: Masalla Obelisk, Temple of Re—Atum, Heliopolis—Al-Matariyyah . accessed 01.28.2011