Pedubast

Pedubast in grave TT391

Pedubast was a high ancient Egyptian civil servant who lived in the late period . He was head of Upper Egypt , mayor of the southern city (= Thebes ) and chief asset manager of the worshiper of God . With the latter position he administered the property of the wife of God Amun , who was the most powerful person in Thebes of the late period. In this office he succeeded Padihorresnet.

Pedubast is so far only known from the Theban grave TT391 in Sheikh Abd el-Qurna , which belongs to the Karabasque. Pedubast was also buried in this tomb. He had a door frame labeled with his name and titles. Further inscriptions with his name can be found in other parts of the tomb.

Individual evidence

↑ Erhart Graefe : Prelimary report on the Usurpation of the Tomb of Karabasken (TT 391) by the High Steward of the God 'Adoratrix, Padibast , in Elena Pischikova, Julia Budka, Kenneth Griffin (editors), Thebes in the First Millennium BC: Art and Archeology of the Kushite Period and Beyond , GHP Egyptology, London 2018, ISBN 978-1906137595 , pp. 97-107

personal data
SURNAME	Pedubast
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Pedubastis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	ancient Egyptian official
DATE OF BIRTH	7th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	7th century BC Chr.

[1] Erhart Graefe : Prelimary report on the Usurpation of the Tomb of Karabasken (TT 391) by the High Steward of the God 'Adoratrix, Padibast , in Elena Pischikova, Julia Budka, Kenneth Griffin (editors), Thebes in the First Millennium BC: Art and Archeology of the Kushite Period and Beyond , GHP Egyptology, London 2018, ISBN 978-1906137595 , pp. 97-107