Psamtikseneb

Psmṯk snb
Psamtikseneb
Psamtikseneb[1]
in hieroglyphs

Psamtikseneb (Egyptian: Psmṯk-snb)[2] was an ancient Egyptian male Physician and Dentist.[3] His name means "may King Psamtik be healthy" or “Psammetichus is healthy”.[2]

Timing

He probably lived during the time of the 26th dynasty ca. 664-525 B.C.

Title

The Head of Physicians,[4][5] "the scorpion charmer" who were healers who treated scorpion stings and snakes bites,[6] chief physician and chief dentist (wr ἰbḥ) of Psamtik Seneb, an admiral of the royal fleet [7]

Legacy

Ankh-ef-en-Sekhmet Entertained by Psamtik-seneb as a Harpist

The stele of Seneb from Sa'is during the 26th dynasty of Psamtik, 664-525 BC, shows a young dental healer (may be Psamtik-seneb).[8] He is thought to have built the temple of Neith as mentioned in a statue that lost its head;[9] Ushabti of the Head of Physician Psamtik-seneb;[4] and another one;[10] a photo in relief of Ankh-ef-en-Sekhmet Entertained by Psamtikseneb jmaged as a Harpist (A demotic papyrus of the 27th Dynasty (CG 50068)91 mentions a Paptah son of Psamtik-neb-pehti and give him title of difficult reading understood by M. Chauveau as “who makes music before Pharaoh” with the addition “in the sleeping-room” (in that document, the action takes place in the 26th Dynasty);[11] an inscription of Psamtikseneb is preserved in the State Hermitage Museum at St. Petersburg;[12] a Naophorous Block Statue of a Governor of Sais, Psamtikseneb;[13] A statue of Chief of Physicians, Psammetik-seneb was originally installed in Sais;[5] his Sarcophagus;[14][15][16][17] numerous shabties and additional signs that he had been a wealthy man in life were found in his tomb;[6] and he is mentioned in his son Iahmes tomb at Saqqara.[18]

Death

He was buried in his tomb discovered at Heliopolis in 1931/32 A.D[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Ranke, Hermann (1935). Die ägyptische Persönennamen [The Egyptian Personalities]. Glückstadt: Verlag von J. J. Augustin. p. 137.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Vittmann, Günter (2009). "Rupture and continuity: On priests and officials in Egypt during the Persian period". In Briant, Pierre; Chauveau, Michel. Organisation des pouvoirs et contacts culturels dans les pays de l'empire achéménide. Paris: De Boccard. pp. 89–121. ISBN 978-2-7018-0267-1. INIST:23848530.
  3. ↑ Fonahn, Adolf (February 1909). "Der altägyptische Arzt Iwti" [The ancient Egyptian doctor Iwti]. Archiv für Geschichte der Medizin (in German) 2 (5): 375–8. JSTOR 20772830.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/116913/Ushabti_of_the_Head_of_Physician_Psamtik-seneb
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/sais.htm
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 http://collectiononline.chrysler.org/emuseum/view/objects/asitem/search$0040/0/title-asc?t:state:flow=19e3ead5-21fe-4be5-9946-9167f0c49e79[]
  7. ↑ http://www.academia.edu/1562920/The_Emergence_of_a_Mediterranean_Power_The_Saite_Period
  8. ↑ Berghult, B (1999). "[Ancient Egyptian Odontology]". Svensk Medicinhistorisk Tidskrift (in Swedish) 3 (1): 27–43. PMID 11625678.
  9. ↑ http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=128496&partId=1
  10. ↑ http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/shawabty-of-psamtik-seneb-491472
  11. ↑ http://www.academia.edu/2128760/Rupture_and_Continuity._On_Priests_and_Officials_in_Egypt_during_the_Persian_Period
  12. ↑ Panov, Maxim (2011). "Three Records of the Late Period". Lingua Aegyptia 19: 87–113.
  13. ↑ http://metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/100008036?rpp=20&pg=1&rndkey=20130505&ft=*&deptids=10&where=Europe&pos=4
  14. ↑ http://www.care2.com/c2c/groups/disc.html?gpp=13720&pst=772653[]
  15. ↑ http://www.flickr.com/photos/evenkolder/5165462879/
  16. ↑ http://www.flickr.com/photos/evenkolder/5165462471/
  17. ↑ http://www.chrysler.org/ajax/load-artwork/56
  18. ↑ Ziegler, Christiane (2010). "The Tomb of Iahmes, Son of Psamtikseneb, at Saqqara". In D'Auria, Sue. Offerings to the Discerning Eye. pp. 339–48. doi:10.1163/ej.9789004178748.i-362.99. ISBN 978-90-04-17874-8.