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Pashedu was an
ancient Egyptian artisan. Pashedu lived in
Deir el-Medina
Deir el-Medina ( arz, دير المدينة), or Dayr al-Madīnah, is an ancient Egyptian workmen's village which was home to the artisans who worked on the tombs in the Valley of the Kings during the 18th to 20th Dynasties of the New Kingdom of ...
on the west bank of the
Nile
The Nile, , Bohairic , lg, Kiira , Nobiin language, Nobiin: Áman Dawū is a major north-flowing river in northeastern Africa. It flows into the Mediterranean Sea. The Nile is the longest river in Africa and has historically been considered ...
, opposite
Thebes, during the reign of
Seti 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 ...
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Pashedu was a son of Menna and Huy. His wife was named Nedjmet-behdet. Pashedu was the owner of tomb
TT3 and likely
TT326.
[ Benedict G. Davies, Who's Who at Deir el-Medina: A Prosopographic Study of the Royal Workmen’s Community, Nederlands Instituut Voor het nabije Oosten, Leiden, 1999, pp 2, 166 ]
His titles included
Servant in the Place of Truth
sḏm-ꜥš m st mꜣꜥt, usually translated as ''Servant in the Place of Truth'' is an ancient Egyptian title that is used to refer to someone who worked in the Theban Necropolis, on the west bank of the Nile in Thebes. Set-Maat ( egy, st m ...
, meaning that he worked on the excavation and decoration of the nearby
royal
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tombs
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. Pashedu seems to have succeeded Baki as foreman for the left side during the reign of
Ramesses II
Ramesses II ( egy, wikt:rꜥ-ms-sw, rꜥ-ms-sw ''Rīʿa-məsī-sū'', , meaning "Ra is the one who bore him"; ), commonly known as Ramesses the Great, was the third pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt. Along with Thutmose III he is oft ...
.
A son named Menna is mentioned in TT3. He was named after his paternal grandfather. Another son named Qaha is mentioned in the tomb as well. It is possible a third man named Nebenmaat (attested in TT219) is a son of Pashedu as well.
References
Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt
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