Perneb
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| Perneb in hieroglyphs | |
|---|---|
| <hiero>O1:V30</hiero> Perneb pr-nb Lord of (his) house Personal name | |
| <hiero>M23:t-G39</hiero> Sa-nisut s3-njsw.t Son of the king Royal title | |
| <hiero>r:Aa1-M44-G43</hiero> Iry-khet-Sopdu Jrj-ẖt-Spd.w Priest of Sopdu Official title |
Perneb is the name of an ancient Egyptian prince and priest, who lived at the beginning of the 2nd Dynasty.
Identity
[edit | edit source]Perneb's name is preserved on several clay seals found in the gallery tomb A at Saqqara, which is attributed to two kings (pharaohs) at the same time (king Hotepsekhemwy and king Raneb). 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 was priest of Sopdu, a deity which was rarely named in early Egypt. His cult center was somewhere in the eastern Nile Delta at a city called Iptjw. The exact geographical position of this town is not known. It is also unknown where Perneb was interred.[1][2]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Toby A. H. Wilkinson: Early dynastic Egypt: Strategy, Society and Security. Routledge, London u. a. 1999, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)., p. 296.
- ^ Peter Kaplony: Inschriften der Ägyptischen Frühzeit. Volume 3, (= Ägyptologische Abhandlungen vol. 8). Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 1963, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)., p. 96 as Obj. 367.