Ashakhet II

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Ashakhet
High Priest of Ptah in Memphis
PredecessorNeterkheperre Meryptah called Pipi II
SuccessorAnkhefensekhmet
Dynasty21st Dynasty
PharaohSiamun and Psusennes II
FatherNeterkheperre Meryptah called Pipi II
ChildrenAnkhefensekhmet

Ashakhet II was a High Priest of Ptah during the 21st Dynasty. He served during the reigns of Siamun and Psusennes II.[1]

Ashakhet II is known from a genealogy known as Berlin 23673, where he is said to be a Chief of Secrets of the Great Seat and a prophet (hry-sSt3 (n) st-wrt, hm nTr). He is also mentioned in a genealogy from the Louvre where he is said to be a High Priest of Ptah.[1]

Ashakhet was the son of Neterkheperre Meryptah called Pipi II by an unknown mother. He would later be succeeded by his son Ankhefensekhmet.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c K.A. Kitchen, The Third Intermediate Period in Egypt (1100–650 BC). 3rd ed. 1996 Warminster: Aris & Phillips Limited.

Publications Regarding Berlin 23673 and Louvre 96[edit]

  • L. Borchardt, Die Mittel zur Zeitlichen Festlegung von Punkten de Aegyptischen Geschichte und ihre Anwendung, 1935, pg 96-112
  • E. Chassinat, Recueil de travaux relatifs à la philologie et à l'archéologie égyptiennes et assyriennes, 22 (1900) 16-17, No 54
  • Malinines, Posner, Vercoutter, Catalogue des steles de Sérapéum de Memphis, I, 1968, No. 52, pp. 48–49
  • Kees, Zeitschrift fur Agyptischer Sprache, 87 (1962), 146-9