Ramessesnakht

Ramessesnakht
High Priest of Amun
Statue of Ramessesnakht holding the Theban Triad. Cairo, JE 37186.
SuccessorAmenhotep
Dynasty20th Dynasty
PharaohRamesses IV, Ramesses V, Ramesses VI, Ramesses VII, Ramesses VIII, Ramesses IX
FatherMeribastet, Chief Steward of the Lord of the Two Lands
WifeAdjedet-Aat
Childrensons Nesamun and Amenhotep; daughter Tamerit
BurialTT 293
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Ramessesnakht[1]
in hieroglyphs
Era: New Kingdom
(1550–1069 BC)

Ramessesnakht was High Priest of Amun during many years in the 20th Dynasty. He was appointed as the High Priest at Thebes under Ramesses IV. He served in office until the reign of Ramesses IX. It was during Ramessesnakht's tenure that the power and importance of the Amun priesthood grew over Egypt while the Pharaoh's power began to noticeably decline.

  1. ^ Hermann Ranke: Die ägyptische Persönennamen. Verlag von J. J. Augustin in Glückstadt, 1935, p.219