Pediese, chief of the Ma

For other uses, see Pediese (disambiguation).
Pediese
High Priest of Ptah in Memphis
Pediese. Closeup of the stele of the Year 28
PredecessorTakelot B?
SuccessorPeftjauawybast
Dynasty22nd Dynasty
PharaohShoshenq III, Pami
FatherTakelot B
MotherTijesbastperu
WifeHer-Bast, Tairy
ChildrenPeftjauawybast, Takelot D

Pediese was a Chief of the Ma and a High Priest of Ptah under the Twenty-second Dynasty of Egypt, who was involved in the replacement of an Apis bull, which had died in the Year 28 of Shoshenq III,[1] and again in the replacement of the subsequent Apis, in the Year 2 of Pami. Both the steles were found in the Serapeum of Saqqara and both are now in The Louvre.

His son Peftjauawybast succeeded him as High Priest of Ptah.[2]

  • Pediese in front of the dead Apis on the stele of the Year 28 of Shoshenq III (IM. 3749)
    Pediese in front of the dead Apis on the stele of the Year 28 of Shoshenq III (IM. 3749)
  • Pediese appears again on the stele of the Year 2 of Pami
    Pediese appears again on the stele of the Year 2 of Pami
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  1. ^ J. H. Breasted, Ancient Records of Egypt, Part Four, §§ 778ff.
  2. ^ Michael Rice, Who's Who in Ancient Egypt, Routledge 1999