Ramses Night (High Priest of Amun, 20th Dynasty)

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Ramses Night in hieroglyphics
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Ramesunacht
(Ra me su Nacht )
Rˁ ms sw nḫt
Ramses ( Re is the one who gave birth to him)
is victorious

Ramsesnacht was an ancient Egyptian high priest of Amun under Ramses IV to Ramses IX.

He was the son of the chief asset manager Meribastet I. and successor of Usermaatrenacht , who was possibly the brother of Ramsesnacht. He succeeded Ramses III between year 26 . and year 1 (14th  Schemu  I) from Ramses IV. It is occupied for the first time ten months after Ramses IV took office. He was last seen in year 2 by Ramses IX. mentioned and was in office until his 10th year at the latest, since at that time his son Amenophis is occupied as high priest.

In the third year of Ramses IV's reign, Ramsesnacht led the large quarry expedition to Wadi Hammamat , in which more than 8,000 men were involved. In years 3 and 4 he also supervised the distribution of wage goods to the royal grave workers. This was very unusual as the workers were actually under the control of the southern vizier . At the time of Ramses IV, however, they were temporarily not paid for by the state, but by the Amun temple in Karnak . Ramses Night is also mentioned on many other undated ostraka .

His grave TT293 was in Dra Abu el-Naga and is now completely destroyed. He is also depicted in the grave TT148 of his son-in-law Amenemope in Thebes and in the grave of Setau in el-Kab . There are also two known statues of him that come from the cachette of the Karnak Temple. Several texts were also found on the grounds of the Karnak Temple, e.g. B. on the east side of the eighth pylon , where he is depicted worshiping the Theban triad ( Amun , Mut and Chons ). On three door posts of the mortuary temple in Medinet Habu he is u. a. shown in the worship of the god Ptah .

literature

  • AJ Peden: The reign of Ramesses IV. Aris & Phillips, Warminster 1994, ISBN 0-85668-622-0 , pp. 66-67.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hermann Ranke : The Egyptian personal names. Vol. 1, Augustin, Glückstadt et al. 1935, p. 219, no. 3, online as PDF .
  2. ^ Ostracon Deir el-Medina 161 rt. 3.
  3. ^ Papyrus ESP 22 and 38.
  4. ↑ Papyrus Deir el-Medina 24, 3.
  5. ^ Ostracon Cairo 25, 271.
  6. ↑ a b A. J. Peden: The Reign of Ramesses IV. Warminster 1994, pp. 66-67.
  7. ^ Ostrakon Cairo 25, 310; Ostrakon Cairo 25, 311; Ostrakon Sydney R. 97; Ostrakon Cairo 25, 030.
  8. ↑ Inventory number Egyptian Museum (Cairo) : Cairo 42162, 42163.
personal data
SURNAME Ramses night
BRIEF DESCRIPTION High priest of Amun under King Ramses IV to Ramses IX.
DATE OF BIRTH 12th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 12th century BC Chr.