Huy was a High Priest of Ptah during the reign of Ramesses II. Huy is known from two shabtis (now in the Louvre) dedicated at an Apis burial in the Serapeum of Saqqara. The Apis burials are dated to years 16 and 30.[1] Huy may have served as High priest of Ptah from approximately year 2 to year 20 of the reign of Ramesses II. Huy was succeeded by Pahemnetjer.
Huy | |
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High Priest of Ptah in Memphis | |
Successor | Pahemnetjer |
Dynasty | 19th Dynasty |
Pharaoh | Ramesses II |
Burial | Saqqara? |
In popular culture
edit- One of the advisors to Pharaoh in The Prince of Egypt (1998) is named Huy.
References
edit- ^ Kitchen, K.A., Ramesside Inscriptions, Translated & Annotated, Translations, Volume II, Blackwell Publishers, 1996, pg 396