Prehotep II

The ancient Egyptian noble Prehotep II (also known as Rahotep, Parahotep, Prehotep the Younger, Parehotp) was Vizier in the latter part of the reign of Ramesses II, during the 19th Dynasty.

Family Parahotep was the son of the High Priest of Ptah Pahemnetjer and his wife Huneroy. Parahotep had an older brother named Didia who also served as a High Priest of Ptah. A seated statue, now in the British Museum (BM712), depicts the vizier (Pa)Rahotep and on the seat his son Mery, Deputy of the House of Life, his wife Huneroy, who is a chief of the harem of Herishef and his mother-in-law Buia named Khat'nesu are mentioned. Prehotep's wife Huneroy was the daughter of the High Priest of Anhur, named Minmose. De Meulenaere saw the main reason for dividing the sources onto two people in the canopic jars of Prehotep. Indeed, there are five canopic jars with his name and titles, while Egyptians in general had only four of them. It was argued that the fifth jar comes from a cenotaph of the vizier. Supporter for one vizier with that name also argue that there is only one tomb of a vizier Prehotep known and that the sources (so far about 45 objects) better fit to just one person.

compare Prehotep I

Monuments Stela from Qantir Great granite stela now in the Cairo Museum (JdE 48845) A naophorous kneeling statue from Saqqara. Stela from Memphis now in the British Museum (BM 183) The tomb in Sedment which has a statue group of the Vizier and his wife, a sarcophagus, a stela (Cairo JdE 47001), an offering table (Philadelphia Inv. 15413), a column, several tomb scenes and two fragmentary canopic jars. A stela from Abydos A squatting Statue from Abydos A votive Pot with the High Priest of Anhur, Minmose from Abydos Several other statues of unknown provenance