Sennefer (high priest)

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Sennefer ( Sn nfr ) was an ancient Egyptian priest. He was high priest of Ptah in Memphis and high priest in Heliopolis . He is known from various sources. There are two canopic jars of it, it appears on a stele from Sedment , on a sacrificial table and on a block from a grave in Saqqara , where many important people are called the Egyptian past. On the sacrificial tablet he is named together with the high priest of Ptah Pahemnetjer , the high priest of Herischef Paser, the priest Hetep and the general Ptahmai. No family relationships are given. From the stele from Sedment we learn that he had a daughter named Scheritre, who in turn was married to a priest of the Herischef. The exact dating of Sennefer is uncertain, he probably lived under Hatshepsut or Thutmose III.

literature

  • Dietrich Raue : Heliopolis and the house of Re. A prosopography and a toponym in the New Kingdom (= treatises of the German Archaeological Institute, Cairo department. Egyptological series. Vol. 16). Achet-Verlag, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-9803730-6-1 , pp. 248-250.
personal data
SURNAME Sennefer
BRIEF DESCRIPTION High Priest of Ptah and High Priest in Heliopolis
DATE OF BIRTH 15th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 15th century BC Chr.