Ramessesnakht
Sign in to saveRamessesnakht 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.
Key facts
- Egyptian dignitary.Name
- Ramessesnakht
- Egyptian dignitary.Style
- High Priest of Amun
- Egyptian dignitary.Image
- Ramessesnakht Theban Triad Statue 2012.jpg
- Egyptian dignitary.Caption
- Statue of Ramessesnakht holding the Theban Triad. Cairo, JE 37186.
- Egyptian dignitary.egyptian_name
- ra:Z1-ms*s:z-n:xt:x*t-D40:t*Z7
- Egyptian dignitary.Successor
- Amenhotep
- Egyptian dignitary.Dynasty
- 20th Dynasty
- Egyptian dignitary.Pharaoh
- Ramesses IV, Ramesses V, Ramesses VI, Ramesses VII, Ramesses VIII, Ramesses IX
- Egyptian dignitary.Father
- Meribastet, Chief Steward of the Lord of the Two Lands
- Egyptian dignitary.Wife
- Adjedet-Aat
- Egyptian dignitary.Children
- sons Nesamun and Amenhotep; daughter Tamerit
- Egyptian dignitary.Burial
- TT 293
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- Image
- Ramessesnakht Theban Triad Statue (left side) 2012a.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1200-01-01
- date of death
- 1200-01-01
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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.
==Biography== He was the son of Meribastet, steward to the pharaoh. Ramessesnakht was married to Adjedet-Aat, the daughter of Setau, High Priest of Nekhbet, and had at least two sons: Amenhotep and Nesamun and a daughter Tamerit. His son Amenhotep would succeed him in office and there is evidence that, at least for a while, his son, the Second Prophet of Amun Nesamun also acted as High Priest of Amun. His daughter Tamerit married Amenemopet, Third Prophet of Amun, making the family related through marriage to another important priestly family, that of Bakenkhonsu who served as High Priest of Amun under Ramesses II. (Amenemopet was Bakenkhonsu's grandson through his daughter Nefertari.) Ramessesnakht is depicted in his father-in-law Setau's tomb in El-Kab.