Pahemnetjer

Pahemnetjer (p3-ḥm-nṯr; "servant of the god", "priest" ) was a High Priest of Ptah during the reign of Ramesses II. Pahemnetjer succeeded Huy as High Priest of Ptah and was in turn succeeded by his son Didia.

Biography Pahemnetjer was the son of a dignitary named Mahu according to a block from Florence. He was married to a lady named Huneroy, and he was the father of both Didia and Prehotep II.

Pahemnetjer held a vast array of titles: noble and count, Sole companion who is loved, the Sem-priest and Chief Directing Crafts (= High priest of Ptah), Chief of secrets in the Temples, who sees the secrets of all the gods. On his sarcophagus and inner coffin Pahemnetjer is also described as born of Geb, Ruler of Both Lands and the revered one before Thoth.

The sarcophagus of Pahemnetjer is in the British Museum. The location of his tomb is not known however, but it is presumed to be in Saqqara.

Attestations Pahemnetjer is attested in/on: A statue in a naos frame originally from Saqqara, now in the Cairo Museum (JdE 89046). A sarcophagus, now in Berlin (Berlin 33). A wall fragment now in Stockholm (National Museum Inv 54).