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Iuput A or simply Iuput, was High Priest of Amun from 944 to 924 BCE, during the reigns of his father
Shoshenq I Hedjkheperre Setepenre Shoshenq I (Egyptian ''ššnq''; reigned c. 943–922 BC)—also known as Shashank or Sheshonk or Sheshonq Ifor discussion of the spelling, see Shoshenq—was a pharaoh of ancient Egypt and the founder of the Twenty-secon ...
and his brother Osorkon I. Iuput held a variety of titles including High Priest of Amun, generalissimo and army-leader and Governor of Upper Egypt.Kitchen, The Third Intermediate Period in Egypt (1100–650 BC). 3rd ed. Warminster: Aris & Phillips Limited. 1996 It is not known who Iuput's mother was, but it is assumed that Lady Tashepenbast was his sister.
Nimlot B Nimlot B, also Nemareth ('' fl.'' c. 940 BCE) was an ancient Egyptian prince, general and governor during the early 22nd Dynasty. Biography Nimlot was the third son of pharaoh Shoshenq I (after Osorkon I and Iuput A); his mother was the queen ...
and Osorkon I were (half-)brothers of Iuput. Iuput's daughter by an unknown wife was named Nesikhonsupakhered. She was the wife of Djedkhonsiufankh, who was a fourth priest of Amun.Dodson, Hilton, The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt, 2004


Other Priests and Priestesses

From Iuput's time a handful of other people are known to have held positions in the Amun priesthood. Djedptahiufankh A served as second and third priest of Amun in ca 945-935 BCE. Djedptahiufankh was called the "King's Son of Ramesses" and "King's Son of the Lord of the Two Lands". He may have been related to the previous dynasty. Djedptahiufankh was buried in the cache in DB320. Nesy who was a chief of the Mahasun (a Libyan tribe) served as fourth priest of Amun.


References

{{authority control Theban High Priests of Amun People of the Twenty-second Dynasty of Egypt 10th-century BC religious leaders 10th-century BC Egyptian people