Pedubast II1, ... Ptah, wab-priest of the temples [of Memphis], prophet of Khnum lord of Semen-Hor, prophet of Horus-Re, lord of Sachebu, prophet of Sokaris, lord of Hut-Horu, scribe of Ptah, overseer of the storehouse, prophet of Ptah, lord of the provisions of the temple of Ptah south of his wall, lord of Anchtawi, master of the secrets of the temple of Ptah of Rosetau and of the temple of Serapis at Rutiset.... who knows the secrets of Upper and Lower Egypt, first prophet of any god, chief of the prophets of all gods and goddess of Upper and Lower Egypt, count and prince, Chief of Artificers (High Priest of Memphis)2, son of Psherenptah I3 probably by Taimhotep4, wife unknown5, father of Psherenptah II6, and probably of Har-any7 chronology unknown.
[1] PP IX 5370a. Gr: Petobastis. Ý
[2] Statue Cherchel 94. See PP IX 5370a, J. Quaegebeur in D. J. Crawford et al., Studies on Ptolemaic Memphis 62.
Cherchel 94 names an HPM Pedubast with the titles given, sA Psherenptah, who is not identified as an HPM, born of Taimhotep. None of these individuals are called "deceased". This statue has been assigned to Imhotep-Pedubast HPM, son of Psherenptah III HPM and Taimhotep, see e.g. E. A. E. Reymond, From the Records of a Priestly Family of Memphis 211ff. and M. el-Alfi, GM 30 (1978) 14. J. Quaegebeur in D. J. Crawford et al., Studies on Ptolemaic Memphis 61ff. noted that the statue was chronologically isolated from other statues on this date. On the assumption that all individuals named were still living, he proposed that the statue was dedicated by a Psherenptah to his living parents, i.e. that sA here means that Psherenptah is the son of Pedubast rather than vice versa. On Quaegebeur's interpretation, it shows the following genealogy:
The only place this genealogy fits into the general genealogy of the HPMs is to identify Pedubast HPM with Pedubast II, making Psherenptah his son Psherenptah II, and Taimhotep the wife of Pedubast II. G. Gorre, Les relations du clergé égyptien et des Lagides 314, who generally follows Devauchelle, adopts Quaegebeur's solution on this point, without discussion.
D. Devauchelle, CdE 58 (1983) 135, 144, discarded Quaegebeur's assumption that the absence of the epithet "deceased" implies that all persons named were living, and gave sA the more normal meaning of "son of", i.e. he made Pedubast the son of Psherenptah rather than vice versa, giving the following genealogy, which coresponds to the original view:
Noting that Psherenptah was not an HPM, the only place this genealogy fits into the general genealogy of the HPMs is to identify Pedubast HPM with Pedubast II, making Psherenptah his father Psherenptah I, who was not an HPM accoding to stele Vienna 82, and Taimhotep his mother. Since this interpretation requires fewer assumptions, and more normal use of terms, it is the interpretation adopted here.
In either case, the Pedubast HPM of Cherchel 94 is better identified with Pedubast II than with Imhotep-Pedubast, and so the titulary given there can safely be assigned to him. Ý
[3] Stele Vienna 82; Statue Cherchel 94. See discussion above. Ý
[4] Statue Cherchel 94. See discussion above. Ý
[5] J. Quaegebeur in D. J. Crawford et al., Studies on Ptolemaic Memphis 62 proposes to identify her as Taimhotep; see discussion above. Ý
[6] Stele Vienna 82; Statue Cherchel 94. See discussion above. Ý
[7] Stele BM 392. See discussion under Har-any. Ý
Update Notes:
24 March 2002: Created page
14 August 2010: Note that Gorre accepts Quaegebeur's
slution, making Taimhotep the wife not the mother
of Pedubast.
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