Parennefer called Wennefer

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Parennefer called Wennefer
High Priest of Amun
Predecessor Maya (High Priest of Amun)
Successor Nebneteru Tenry
Dynasty 18th Dynasty
Pharaoh Tutankhamen, Horemheb
FatherMinhotep
MotherMaia
WifeIsis
ChildrenAmenemone, Chief of Works
Hori, High Priest of Anhur
Amenemope, Chief of Seers (High Priest of Ra)
Khaemwaset, Scribe of Sacred Books
Daughters: Hentmehyt
BurialThebes

Parennefer also called Wennefer was a High Priest of Amun during the reigns of Tutankhamun and Horemheb (and possibly later). He was previously thought to date to the time of Ramesses II, but he is now dated to the end of the Eighteenth Dynasty. [1] Parennefer was more firmly put at the end of the Eighteenth Dynasty after extensive excavations of his tomb in Thebes in 1990–1993. [2] [3] [4]

Parennefer was High Priest of Anhur and sealbearer of the king before being raised to the position of High Priest of Amun. [5]

Family

Parennefer/Wennefer was a son of Minhotep and Maia. On monuments he is said to have two brothers: Pennesuttawy, who was a troop commander in Kush, and Minmose, who served as the high priest of Min and Isis. [5]

Parennefer/Wennefer was married to Isis, who was Chief of the Harem of Amun. A family monument lists four sons and a daughter.

Three more daughters are mentioned, but the names have been lost

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References

  1. M.L. Bierbrier, Historical Dictionary of Ancient Egypt, 2008
  2. Kampp, F., and K. J. Seyfried, Eine Rückkehr nach Theben, Antike Welt, Mainz 26 (1995), 325-342. (ill. incl. colours, plans).
  3. Kampp-Seyfried, Friederike, Die Verfemung des Namens pA-rn-nfr, in: Stationen. R. Stadelmann gewidmet, 303-319. (pl.).
  4. Kampp, F., Vierter Vorbericht über die Arbeiten des Ägyptologischen Instituts der Universität Heidelberg in thebanischen Gräbern der Ramessidenzeit, MDAIK 50 (1994), 175-188. (fig., plans, pl.).
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Kitchen, K.A., Ramesside Inscriptions, Translated & Annotated, Translations, Volume III, Blackwell Publishers, 1996, pg 209, 193-195, 315