Hat was an
ancient Egyptian
High Priest of Osiris
The High Priest of Osiris
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, during the reign of
pharaoh
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Sety I
Menmaatre Seti I (or Sethos I in Greek) was the second pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt during the New Kingdom period, ruling c.1294 or 1290 BC to 1279 BC. He was the son of Ramesses I and Sitre, and the father of Ramesses II.
The n ...
of the
19th Dynasty
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.
Biography
Hat succeeded the High Priest of Osiris
To in office during the reign of Sety I. Hat may have been the brother-in-law of To. Mery's wife Maianuy was a daughter of To (also written as Tjay).
[H Franzmeier, ''News from Parahotep: The small Finds from his Tomb rediscovered'', in: ''Journal of Egyptian Archaeology'', 2014, See genealogical table p. 175]
Hat is mentioned on a double statue of his son Mery and grandson Wenennefer (Cairo JdE 35257). The text on the statue identifies Mery as the son of the High Priest of Osiris Hat and his wife Iuy.
[Kitchen, Kenneth A. ''Ramesside Inscriptions, Translated and Annotated Translations: Ramesses II, His Contemporaries (Ramesside Inscriptions Translations) (Volume III)'' Wiley-Blackwell. 2001, pg 318-320, ]
A Family Monument from Abydos (Cairo Museum JdE 35258) also mentions Hat. In this text Hat is said to be a Dignitary, God's Father and Sealbearer of Osiris.
[Kitchen: ''Ramesside Inscriptions'', pp. 320-21]
References
High Priests of Osiris
People of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt
13th-century BC clergy
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