Prehotep I

The Ancient Egyptian Noble Prehotep I (also known as Rahotep, Parahotep, Prehotep the Elder, Parehotp) was Vizier, in the latter part of the reign of Ramesses II, during the 19th dynasty.[1][2]
Prehotep
in hieroglyphs
Prehotep I
Vizier
SuccessorPrehotep II (Vizier)
Dynasty19th Dynasty
PharaohRamesses II
FatherMery, High Priest of Osiris
MotherMaianuy

Family

Parahotep is mentioned on two monuments belonging to the High Priest of Osiris Wennufer. On a statue now in the Athens Museum the city governor and vizier Rahotep is said to be the (grand-)son of the High Priest of Osiris To and to be born of Maianuy. Wennufer also included his brother Prehotep in a family monument from Abydos. The vizier Nebamun is also said to be a brother of Wennufer and Prehotep. On another monument however Nebamun is said to be a son of Ramose and Sheritre, so he is more likely to be a cousin.[1]

Monuments

Prehotep is known from a stela in Abydos (Cairo Jde 19775) which depicts Prehotep with two other men and three women adoring Osiris and Isis. A canopic jar with Selqet and Qebehsenuef protecting Prehotep is now in Brussels (E. 5901).[1]

Prehotep is mentioned on Wennufer's monuments as mentioned in the section about family above.

Identity with vizier Prehotep II
  • for the possible identity with a namesake, compare: Prehotep II (Vizier)

References
  1. Kitchen, K. A. (1996). Ramessides Inscriptions, Translated & Annotated, Translations. III. Blackwell Publishers.
  2. Kitchen, K. A. (1982). Pharaoh Triumphant: the life and times of Ramesses II. Aris & Phillips Ltd.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.