Perneb
| Perneb inhieroglyphs | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Perneb pr-nb Lord of (his) house Personal name | |||||
Sa-nisut s3-njsw.t Son of the king Royal title | |||||
Iry-khet-Sopdu Jrj-ẖt-Spd.w Priest of Sopdu Official title | |||||
Pernebis the name of anancient Egyptianprinceandpriest,who lived at the beginning of the2nd Dynasty.
Identity
[edit]Perneb's name is preserved on several clay seals found in the gallery tomb A atSaqqara,which is attributed to two kings (pharaohs) at the same time (kingHotepsekhemwyand kingRaneb). This circumstance lead to disputes about the family origin of Perneb; it cannot be said for sure whose son he exactly was.
Perneb became known for a very rare and unusual title: he waspriest ofSopdu,a deity which was rarely named in early Egypt. His cult center was somewhere in the easternNile Deltaat a city calledIptjw.The exact geographical position of this town is not known. It is also unknown where Perneb was interred.[1][2]
References
[edit]- ^Toby A. H. Wilkinson:Early dynastic Egypt: Strategy, Society and Security.Routledge, London u. a. 1999,ISBN0-415-18633-1,p. 296.
- ^Peter Kaplony:Inschriften der Ägyptischen Frühzeit.Volume 3, (=Ägyptologische Abhandlungenvol. 8). Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 1963,ISBN3-447-00052-X,p. 96 as Obj. 367.