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Iry-pat ( egy,
jrj-pꜥt "member of the elite") was an
ancient Egyptian ranking title, that is a title announcing a high position in the hierarchy of the country. Iry-pat was indeed the highest ranking title at the royal court, and only the most important officials could bear this title. The title is already attested in the
First Dynasty: one of the first holders was
Merka
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,
[Toby Wilkinson: ''Early Dynastic Egypt'', London, New York , p. 148] official under king
Qa'a
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Identity
Manetho calls Qa'a Biénechês and gives him a reign of 26 y ...
.
In the
New Kingdom
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, the title was often the
crown prince
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and the title announced that the holder was the second ruler in the country. It is therefore sometimes translated as ''Hereditary'' or ''Crown Prince''. Under
Tutankhamun
Tutankhamun (, egy, twt-ꜥnḫ-jmn), Egyptological pronunciation Tutankhamen () (), sometimes referred to as King Tut, was an Egyptian pharaoh who was the last of his royal family to rule during the end of the Eighteenth Dynasty (ruled ...
,
Horemheb
Horemheb, also spelled Horemhab or Haremhab ( egy, ḥr-m-ḥb, meaning "Horus is in Jubilation") was the last pharaoh of the Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt, 18th Dynasty of Egypt (1550–1295 BC). He ruled for at least 14 years between 131 ...
was officially designated the iry-pat or successor to this pharaoh but did not succeed the boy king since
Ay intervened to seize the throne instead for about 4 years before Horemheb assumed power as pharaoh.
References
{{Ancient Egyptian royal titulary
Ancient Egyptian titles