Pasherienptah III
Pasherienptah III | |
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High Priest of Ptah in Memphis | |
Cleopatra VII | |
Father | Pedubast III |
Mother | Herankh-Beludje |
Wife | Taimhotep |
Children | Berenike, Herankh-Beludje, Her'an-Tapedubast, Kheredankh, Imhotep-Pedubast |
Pasherienptah (III) (p3-šrỉ-n-ptḥ, 'Son of Ptah';[1] November 4, 90 BCE – July 13 or 14, 41 BCE) was an ancient Egyptian high Priest of Ptah in Memphis from 76 BCE until his death. Two of his stelas are known, the one with a hieroglyphic inscription is in the Ashmolean Museum (Ash. M. 1971/18), the other, Demotic stela, of which only seven fragments have been found, is in the British Museum (BM 886).[2]
Background
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Pasherienptah[3] in hieroglyphs | ||||||
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Era: Ptolemaic dynasty (305–30 BC) | ||||||
Born as the son of High Priest Pedubast III and the
Old Kingdom
sage who was later deified and associated with Ptah – for a son. Their son Imhotep-Pedubast was born in 46 BCE, as Pasherienptah's fifth child. Another daughter, Kheredankh (65–44 BCE), was from a previous relationship.
Pasherienptah died at the age of 49, surviving his wife by one year, and was buried in the 12th regnal year of
Cleopatra VII, on October 1, 41 BCE. His son followed him as high priest, but he died young, in 30 BCE and had no descendants.[4]
References
- ^ Persönennamen, p.118
- ^ Reymond, op.cit., pp.136, 150
- ^ Eve A. E. Reymond: From the Records of a Priestly Family of Memphis. vol.1 Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, 1981. p.170
- ^ "Ptolemaic High Priests of Memphis: Imhotep frame". www.tyndalehouse.com. Retrieved 2018-03-22.