Wendjebauendjed
Sign in to saveWendjebauendjed was an ancient Egyptian general, high dignitary and high priest during the reign of pharaoh Psusennes I of the 21st Dynasty. He is mainly known for his intact tomb found by Pierre Montet inside the royal necropolis of Tanis (NRT III) in a chamber of Psusennes I's tomb in 1946.
Key facts
- Egyptian dignitary.Name
- Wendjebauendjed
- Egyptian dignitary.Style
- General and army leader, high priest of Khonsu
- Egyptian dignitary.Image
- General Wendjebauendjed mask.jpg
- Egyptian dignitary.Caption
- Mummy mask of Wendjebauendjed, Cairo Museum
- Egyptian dignitary.egyptian_name
- wn:n-DbA-mDAt:Z2-n-Dd-t:niwtWn ḏbȝw n ḏd
- Egyptian dignitary.Dynasty
- 21st Dynasty
- Egyptian dignitary.Pharaoh
- Psusennes I
- Egyptian dignitary.Burial
- Tanis, NRT III
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Wendjebauendjed was an ancient Egyptian general, high dignitary and high priest during the reign of pharaoh Psusennes I of the 21st Dynasty. He is mainly known for his intact tomb found by Pierre Montet inside the royal necropolis of Tanis (NRT III) in a chamber of Psusennes I's tomb in 1946.
==Biography== thumb|left|175px|Wendjebauendjed's pectoral from his tomb Nothing is known about his life other than his occupations: Wendjebauendjed held a list of military, administrative and religious titles, such as ''Hereditary prince, count, Seal-bearer of the King of Lower Egypt, God's father, General and Army leader, High steward (later High priest) of Khonsu, Priest of "Osiris lord of Mendes", Superintendent of the Prophets of all the gods and Superintendent of the Sole Friend''. The fact that Wendjebauendjed held such important offices granted him the great honor to be buried in the royal necropolis even though he was not a royal personage. According to one of his titles, it is possible that he was a native of Mendes (Djedet). His mummified remains shows that he was perhaps of Nubian descent and that he died around his fifties.