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
Father Minhotep
Mother Maia
Wife Isis
Children Amenemone, Chief of Works
Hori, High Priest of Anhur
Amenemope, Chief of Seers (High Priest of Ra)
Khaemwaset, Scribe of Sacred Books
Daughters: Hentmehyt
Burial Thebes

Parennefer also called Wennefer was a High Priest of Amun during the reigns of Tutankhamen 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]

High Priests of Amun position

The High Priest of Amun or First Prophet of Amun was the highest-ranking priest in the priesthood of the ancient Egyptian god Amun. The first high priests of Amun appear in the New Kingdom of Egypt, at the beginning of the Eighteenth Dynasty.

Horemheb Egyptian Pharaoh

Horemheb was the last pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty of Egypt. He ruled for 14 years somewhere between 1319 BC and 1292 BC. He had no relation to the preceding royal family other than by marriage to Mutnedjmet, who is disputed to have been the daughter of his predecessor Ay; he is believed to have been of common birth.

Ramesses II Egyptian pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt

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

Anhur Egyptian deity

In early Egyptian mythology, Anhur was originally a god of war who was worshipped in the Egyptian area of Abydos, and particularly in Thinis. Myths told that he had brought his wife, Mehit, who was his female counterpart, from Nubia, and his name reflects this—it means (one who) leads back the distant one.

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]

Pennesuttawy was a Military Commander and Superintendent of the Southern Lands (Kush) during the beginning of the Nineteenth dynasty of Egypt.

Kingdom of Kush ancient African kingdom

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Min (god) Egyptian deity

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

Amun is a major ancient Egyptian deity who appears as a member of the Hermopolitan Ogdoad. Amun was attested from the Old Kingdom together with his wife Amaunet. With the 11th dynasty, Amun rose to the position of patron deity of Thebes by replacing Montu.

Hori was a High Priest of Anhur during the reign of Ramesses II. He was the son of the High Priest of Amun Parennefer called Wennefer and his wife Isis. He may be identical to the High priest of Amun mentioned on the statue of the Overseer of the Charioteers named Kanakht.

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


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