Paheri

Paheri (p3-ḫrỉ, "The Celestial" or p3-ḥr-r(w)-ỉ) was an ancient Egyptian mayor of Elkab from the close to the beginning of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt’s New Kingdom around 1500 BC.

thumb|The entrance to Paheri’s tomb, EK3, near Elkab Paheri is primarily known for his finely decorated Rock tomb of Elkab (EK3). His tomb had been rediscovered by a European Egyptian expedition in 1799. James Burton subsequently published the contents of the two walls of its tomb chamber in 1825. He bore the titles "Mayor (ḥ3.tj-ˁ) of Elkab" and "Mayor of Esna." His father, the scribe Atefrura, was already documented as the educator of the king's son," Wadjmose; Paheri, hence, had close ties to the Egyptian royal family. A similar relationship is also documented for Paheri. Paheri's maternal grandfather was the famous Ahmose, son of Ebana who documented the fall of Avaris, the Hyksos capital city under Ahmose I.