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Nebwenenef - who was he?
Nebwenenef was high priest of Onuris and Hathor at Denderah under Sety I.
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Plaque from the foundation deposit with the inscription: 'first priest of Hathor, mistress of Denderah, Nebwenenef, true of voice' |
In the first year of Ramesses II
he was appointed to the post of high
priest of Amun in Thebes. This event is described in his Theban
tomb (Theban tomb 157).
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Plaque from the foundation deposit with the inscription: ' first priest of Amun, Nebwenenef, true of voice in peace' |
The importance of the person is clear from his high title, but also from the fact, that Nebwenenef had his own mortuary temple in Thebes West.
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