Hat (High Priest of Osiris)

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Hat
High Priest of Osiris
Predecessor To
Successor Mery
Dynasty 19th Dynasty
Pharaoh Sety I
WifeIuy
Children Mery

Hat was an ancient Egyptian High Priest of Osiris at Abydos, during the reign of pharaoh Sety I of the 19th Dynasty.

Ancient Egypt ancient civilization of Northeastern Africa

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.

The High Priest of Osiris served at Abydos.

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Biography

Hat succeeded the High Priest of Osiris To in office during the reign of Sety I. Hat may have been the brother-in-law of To. [1] Mery's wife Maianuy was a daughter of To (also written as Tjay). [2]

Hat is mentioned on a double statue of his son Mery and grandson Wenennefer (Cairo JdE 35257). The text on the statue identifies Mery as the son of the High Priest of Osiris Hat and his wife Iuy. [3]

A Family Monument from Abydos (Cairo Museum JdE 35258) also mentions Hat. In this text Hat is said to be a Dignitary, God's Father and Sealbearer of Osiris. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ Kitchen, Kenneth A., Pharaoh Triumphant: The Life and Times of Ramesses II, King of Egypt, Aris & Phillips. 1983, p 170, ISBN   978-0856682155
  2. ↑ H Franzmeier, News from Parahotep: The small Finds from his Tomb rediscovered, in: Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, 2014, See genealogical table p. 175
  3. ↑ Kitchen, Kenneth A. Ramesside Inscriptions, Translated and Annotated Translations: Ramesses II, His Contemporaries (Ramesside Inscriptions Translations) (Volume III) Wiley-Blackwell. 2001, pg 318-320, ISBN   978-0631184287
  4. ↑ Kitchen: Ramesside Inscriptions, pp. 320-21



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