Hori (High Priest of Osiris)
Hori was an ancient Egyptian High Priest of Osiris at Abydos, during the reign of pharaohs Ramesses II.
| Hori High Priest of Osiris | |
|---|---|
| Predecessor | Wenennefer |
| Successor | Yuyu |
| Dynasty | 19th Dynasty |
| Pharaoh | Ramesses II |
| Father | Wenennefer |
| Mother | Tiy |
Biography
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| Hori in hieroglyphs |
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Hori came from a long line of High Priests of Osiris, He was the fifth holder of the High Priesthood in his family.[2] He was the son of the High Priest of Osiris Wenennefer and the Chantress of Osiris Tiy.[2]
Hori is known from several sources:[3]
- A kneeling statue with a Horus figure, now in Copenhagen, Ny Carlsberg (AEIN 1492 - A.66)
- A kneeling statue with an Osiris figure, now in the University of Chicago Oriental Institute (OIC 7204)
- A limestone stela from Abydos from Mariette's excavations. Hori is shown adoring Osiris and Isis.
- A relief fragment now in Cairo.
- A small stela now in Cairo.
References
- Porter, Bertha and Moss, Rosalind, Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Statues, Reliefs and Paintings Volume V : Upper Egypt - Sites , Griffith Institute. 1964, pp 71
- Kitchen, Kenneth A., Pharaoh Triumphant: The Life and Times of Ramesses II, King of Egypt, Aris & Phillips. 1983, pp171 ISBN 978-0856682155
- Kitchen, Kenneth A. Ramesside Inscriptions, Translated and Annotated Translations: Ramesses II, His Contemporaries (Ramesside Inscriptions Translations) (Volume III) Wiley-Blackwell. 2001, pg 328-329, ISBN 978-0631184287
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