Neferronpet

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Neferronpet
Vizier
High Priest of Ptah in Memphis
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Neferronpet before Ptah
Predecessor Khay as Vizier and possibly Khaemwaset as High Priest of Ptah?
Dynasty 19th Dynasty
Pharaoh Ramesses II, Merenptah, Amenmesse, Seti II
FatherPtahemakhet
WifeMutpipu
ChildrenBakenptah, Inuhayet, Taweretkha'ti, Reset, Henutmeter
Burial Saqqara?

Neferronpet was Vizier and the High Priest of Ptah from the reign of Ramesses II to the reign of Seti II.

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Life

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in hieroglyphs
Era: New Kingdom
(1550–1069 BC)

The Genealogy of Ankhefensekhmet dating to the 22nd/23rd dynasty states that Neferronpet was the son of Ptahemakhet. [1] The Pyramidion from Liverpool names Neferronpet's son the God's Father of Ptah Bakenptah, Neferronpet's wife Mutpipu and four daughters: Inuhayet, Taweretkha'ti, Res(et), and Henutmeter. [2] As Vizier Neferronpet succeeded Khay in office.

Neferronpet is attested on: [3]

Death

The Book of the Dead of Neferrenpet, ca. 1295-1185 B.C.E.,.35.1448 Brooklyn Museum The Book of the Dead of Neferrenpet, ca. 1295-1185 B.C.E.,.35.1448.jpg
The Book of the Dead of Neferrenpet, ca. 1295-1185 B.C.E.,.35.1448 Brooklyn Museum

It was also the practice of wealthy Egyptians to purchase Book of the Dead papyri, according to the commercial Deir el-Medina texts, and they probably looked very similar to the Nineteenth Dynasty fragmentary example of Neferronpet. A painted papyrus became more widely available to a priest and a scribe like Neferrenpet during the Nineteenth Dynasty. Previously such information was restricted to the royal circle. [4]

Beginning in the New Kingdom, the Egyptians customarily placed in their tombs funerary texts taken from the 'Book of the Dead'. The funerary texts were often incorporated in any way possible. They were etched into tomb walls, inscribed onto papyri and placed in the bandages of the mummy, placed in statues, just to name a few. The 'Book of the Dead' of the sculptor Neferrenpet dates from c. 1250 BC, and "the texts are written in so-called 'cursive hieroglyphs' in vertical columns; they are accompanied by 'vignettes' (illustrations) which emphasize their magical content". These texts were meant to protect the deceased and give them eternal life. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ Kitchen, K.A., Ramesside Inscriptions, Translated & Annotated, Translations, Volume III, Blackwell Publishers, 1996, pg 300
  2. ↑ Kitchen, K.A., Ramesside Inscriptions, Translated & Annotated, Translations, Volume III, Blackwell Publishers, 1996, pg 34
  3. ↑ Kitchen, K.A., Ramesside Inscriptions, Translated & Annotated, Translations, Volume III, Blackwell Publishers, 1996, pg 31-35
  4. ↑ Bleiberg, Edward (2008). To Live Forever: Egyptian Treasures from the Brooklyn Museum. Brooklyn, NY: Brooklyn Museum. p. 125.
  5. ↑ "Book of the Dead of Neferrenpet".
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