Petosiris
Petosiris (Ancient Greek: Πετόσιρις),[1][2] called Ankhefenkhons, was the high priest of Thoth at Hermopolis and held various priestly degrees in the service of Sakhmet, Khnum, Amen-Re and Hathor.
Petosiris was the son of Sishu and Nefer-renpet. He lived in the second half of the 4th century BCE, during the 28th Dynasty. In his tomb, located in the necropolis at Tuna el-Gebel, Petosiris prided himself on having re-established the fortunes of the temples in which he served.
There is a pseudepigraphic onomantic text, Petosiris to Nechepso, and it is possible that the priestly Petosiris described in this article is the inspiration for the attribution of authorship.[3] Nechepso lived in the 7th century BCE and the text is likely 2nd century BCE.
The tomb of Petosiris
[edit | edit source]Petosiris is particularly known for the tomb he had built for himself in Tuna el-Gebel, the necropolis of Hermopolis Magna. The architecture of the tomb is modeled on a temple with a pronaos.[4] The tomb is also known for its depictions of everyday scenes in a mixed Greco-Egyptian style. Greek graffiti proves that the tomb of Petosiris, later venerated as a saint, was visited by the sick in order to be healed. Petosiris's coffin, known for its colorful glass inlays, is now in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo (JE 46592).
Notes
[edit | edit source]- ^ Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Petosiris
- ^ Suda, pi, 1399
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- ^ Gustave Lefebvre: Le tombeau de Petosiris. 3 Bände, Imprimerie de l'Institut français d'archéologie orientale, Kairo 1923–24 (Volltext als PDF; 33 MB). Band 2, S. 54–91 (Inscription 81, 43ff.).
References
[edit | edit source]- Lefebvre, Gustave: Le Tombeau de Petosiris, L'institut Français d'archéologie orientale, Cairo, 1924
- Lichtheim, Miriam: Ancient Egyptian Literature, Vol.3, University of California Press 1980, pp. 44ff.
- Caroli, Christian A.: Ptolemaios I. Soter - Herrscher zweier Kulturen, Badawi Artes Afro Arabica, 2007, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)., Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)., pp. 148–158.
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