Prehotep I (Vizier)
| Prehotep I Vizier | |
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| Successor | Prehotep II (Vizier) |
| Dynasty | 19th Dynasty |
| Pharaoh | Ramesses II |
| Father | Mery, High Priest of Osiris |
| Mother | Maianuy |
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]
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| Prehotep in hieroglyphs |
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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.
Indentity with vizier Prehotep II
- for the possible identity with a namesake, compare: Prehotep II (Vizier)
References
- 1 2 3 Kitchen, K. A. (1996). Ramessides Inscriptions, Translated & Annotated, Translations. III. Blackwell Publishers.
- ↑ Kitchen, K. A. (1982). Pharaoh Triumphant: the life and times of Ramesses II. Aris & Phillips Ltd.