Prehotep I

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Prehotep I
Vizier on the North
Egyptian name<hiero>G40-N5:Z1-Htp:t*p</hiero>
SuccessorPrehotep II (Vizier)
Dynasty19th Dynasty
PharaohRamesses II
FatherMery, High Priest of Osiris
MotherMaianuy

The ancient Egyptian noble Prehotep I (also known as Rahotep, Parahotep, Prehotep the Elder, Parehotp) was Vizier in the latter part of the reign of Ramesses II, during the 19th Dynasty.[1][2]

Family

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Parahotep is mentioned on two monuments belonging to the High Priest of Osiris Wennufer. On a statue now in the Athens Museum, the city governor and vizier Rahotep is said to be the (grand-)son of the High Priest of Osiris To and to be born of Maianuy. Wennufer also included his brother Prehotep in a family monument from Abydos. The vizier Nebamun is also said to be a brother of Wennufer and Prehotep. On another monument however Nebamun is said to be a son of Ramose and Sheritre, so he is more likely to be a cousin.[1]

Monuments

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Prehotep is known from a stela in Abydos (Cairo Jde 19775) which depicts Prehotep with two other men and three women adoring Osiris and Isis. A canopic jar with Selqet and Qebehsenuef protecting Prehotep is now in Brussels (E. 5901).[1]

Prehotep is mentioned on Wennufer's monuments as mentioned in the section about family above.

Identity with vizier Prehotep II

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References

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