Sehetepebreankh-nedjem

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Sehetepebreankh-nedjem
High Priest of Ptah in Memphis
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Head of Sehetepebreankh-nedjem
Successor Nebpu
Dynasty 12th Dynasty
Pharaoh Senusret III
Father Uahet
Children Nebpu
Burial unknown

Sehetepebreankh-nedjem was an Ancient Egyptian official with the titles royal sealer, foremost of action, Sem-priest and Great one of the leaders of craftsmen. The latter title is that of the High Priest of Ptah. The god Ptah was the deity of arts and crafts and therefore, the high priest of Ptah had a title related to crafts. Sehetepebreankh-nedjem is known from a group statue showing him, his son and his grandson. The statue was dedicated by his son Nebpu who was also High Priest of Ptah. The statue is datable by style to the end of the Twelfth Dynasty and is now in the Louvre. The statue was bought in 1816 by the Louvre and is most likely from Memphis. This city was the major cult centre for Ptah. [1]

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Ancient Egypt was a civilization of ancient North Africa, concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River in the place that is now the country Egypt. Ancient Egyptian civilization followed prehistoric Egypt and coalesced around 3100 BC with the political unification of Upper and Lower Egypt under Menes. The history of ancient Egypt occurred as a series of stable kingdoms, separated by periods of relative instability known as Intermediate Periods: the Old Kingdom of the Early Bronze Age, the Middle Kingdom of the Middle Bronze Age and the New Kingdom of the Late Bronze Age.

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References

  1. E. Delange: Catalogue des statues égyptiennes du Moyen Empire, 2060-1560 avant J.C., Paris 1987 ISBN   2-7118-2161-7, p. 81-83