Pediese, chief of the Ma

Pediese was a Chief of the Ma and a High Priest of Ptah under the Twenty-second Dynasty of Egypt, who was involved in the replacement of an Apis bull, which had died in the Year 28 of Shoshenq III,[1] and again in the replacement of the subsequent Apis, in the Year 2 of Pami. Both the steles were found in the Serapeum of Saqqara and both are now in The Louvre.

Pediese High Priest of Ptah in Memphis
Pediese. Closeup of the stele of the Year 28
Predecessor	Takelot B?
Successor	Peftjauawybast
Dynasty	22nd Dynasty
Pharaoh	Shoshenq III, Pami
Father	Takelot B
Mother	Tijesbastperu
Wife	Her-Bast, Tairy
Children	Peftjauawybast, Takelot D

His son Peftjauawybast succeeded him as High Priest of Ptah.[2]

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  Pediese in front of the dead Apis on the stele of the Year 28 of Shoshenq III (IM. 3749)
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  Pediese appears again on the stele of the Year 2 of Pami

References

1. J. H. Breasted, Ancient Records of Egypt, Part Four, §§ 778ff.
2. Michael Rice, Who's Who in Ancient Egypt, Routledge 1999

Bibliography

• Kenneth Anderson Kitchen, The Third Intermediate Period in Egypt, 1100-650 B.C., Aris & Phillips 1986, §§81f., 155, 301