Ankhefensekhmet
| Ankhefensekhmet High Priest of Ptah in Memphis | |
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 Genealogy of Ankhefensekhmet (Berlin 23673). | |
| Predecessor | Ashakhet II |
| Successor | Shedsu-nefertum |
| Dynasty | 21st Dynasty |
| Pharaoh | Psusennes II? and Shoshenq I? |
| Father | Ashakhet II |
| Children | Shedsu-nefertum |
Ankhefensekhmet was a High Priest of Ptah during the 21st Dynasty. He probably served during the reign of Psusennes II and maybe the reign of Shoshenq I.
Ankhefensekhmet is known from a genealogy known as Berlin 23673, where he is said to be a prophet (hm nTr). He is also mentioned in a genealogy from the Louvre where he is said to be a High Priest of Ptah.
Ankhefensekhmet is known to have married the Lady Tapeshenese, who served as the First Chief of the Harem of Ptah and Prophetess of Mut. She was the mother of his successor Shedsu-nefertum.[1]
References
- ↑ K.A. Kitchen, The Third Intermediate Period in Egypt (1100–650 BC). 3rd ed. 1996 Warminster: Aris & Phillips Limited.
Publications Regarding Berlin 23673 and Louvre 96
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- E. Chassinat, Recueil de travaux relatifs à la philologie et à l'archéologie égyptiennes et assyriennes, 22 (1900) 16-17, No 54
- Malinines, Posner, Vercoutter, Catalogue des steles de Sérapéum de Memphis, I, 1968, No. 52, pp. 48–49
- Kees, Zeitschrift fur Agyptischer Sprache, 87 (1962), 146-9
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