Hori (High Priest of Osiris)

Hori
Hori
High Priest of Osiris
Predecessor	Wenennefer
Successor	Yuyu
Dynasty	19th Dynasty
Pharaoh	Ramesses II
Father	Wenennefer
Mother	Tiy

Last updated October 21, 2025

Hori was an ancient Egyptian High Priest of Osiris at Abydos, during the reign of pharaohs Ramesses II.

Biography

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Hori
in hieroglyphs

Era: New Kingdom
(1550–1069 BC)

Hori came from a long line of High Priests of Osiris, He was the fifth holder of the High Priesthood in his family.^[2] He was the son of the High Priest of Osiris Wenennefer and the Chantress of Osiris Tiy.^[2]

Hori is known from several sources:^[3]

A kneeling statue with a Horus figure, now in Copenhagen, Ny Carlsberg (AEIN 1492 - A.66)
A kneeling statue with an Osiris figure, now in the University of Chicago Oriental Institute (OIC 7204)
A limestone stela from Abydos from Mariette's excavations. Hori is shown adoring Osiris and Isis.
A relief fragment now in Cairo.
A small stela now in Cairo.
His painted sarcophagus made between 1186 and 1070 B.C. is exhibited in Pápa, Hungary, since 1884.^[4]

References

↑ Porter, Bertha and Moss, Rosalind, Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Statues, Reliefs and Paintings Volume V : Upper Egypt - Sites, Griffith Institute. 1964, pp 71
1 2 Kitchen, Kenneth A., Pharaoh Triumphant: The Life and Times of Ramesses II, King of Egypt, Aris & Phillips. 1983, pp171 ISBN 978-0856682155
↑ Kitchen, Kenneth A. Ramesside Inscriptions, Translated and Annotated Translations: Ramesses II, His Contemporaries (Ramesside Inscriptions Translations) (Volume III) Wiley-Blackwell. 2001, pg 328-329, ISBN 978-0631184287
↑ “Hori titkai” (Secrets of Hori) permanent exhibition (Hungarian text)

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[1] Porter, Bertha and Moss, Rosalind, Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Statues, Reliefs and Paintings Volume V : Upper Egypt - Sites, Griffith Institute. 1964, pp 71

[KitchenPT-2] 1 2 Kitchen, Kenneth A., Pharaoh Triumphant: The Life and Times of Ramesses II, King of Egypt, Aris & Phillips. 1983, pp171 ISBN 978-0856682155

[KitchenRI-3] Kitchen, Kenneth A. Ramesside Inscriptions, Translated and Annotated Translations: Ramesses II, His Contemporaries (Ramesside Inscriptions Translations) (Volume III) Wiley-Blackwell. 2001, pg 328-329, ISBN 978-0631184287

[4] “Hori titkai” (Secrets of Hori) permanent exhibition (Hungarian text)

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