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Hori was an ancient Egyptian High Priest of Osiris at Abydos, during the reign of pharaohs Ramesses II.

Biography

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Hori
in hieroglyphs
Era: New Kingdom
(1550–1069 BC)

Hori came from a long line of High Priests of Osiris, He was the fifth holder of the High Priesthood in his family.[2] He was the son of the High Priest of Osiris Wenennefer and the Chantress of Osiris Tiy.[2]

Hori is known from several sources:[3]

  • A kneeling statue with a Horus figure, now in Copenhagen, Ny Carlsberg (AEIN 1492 - A.66)
  • A kneeling statue with an Osiris figure, now in the University of Chicago Oriental Institute (OIC 7204)
  • A limestone stela from Abydos from Mariette's excavations. Hori is shown adoring Osiris and Isis.
  • A relief fragment now in Cairo.
  • A small stela now in Cairo.
  • His painted sarcophagus made between 1186-1070 B.C. is exhibited in Pápa, Hungary, since 1884.[4]

References

  1. ^ Porter, Bertha and Moss, Rosalind, Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Statues, Reliefs and Paintings Volume V : Upper Egypt - Sites , Griffith Institute. 1964, pp 71
  2. ^ a b Kitchen, Kenneth A., Pharaoh Triumphant: The Life and Times of Ramesses II, King of Egypt, Aris & Phillips. 1983, pp171 ISBN 978-0856682155
  3. ^ Kitchen, Kenneth A. Ramesside Inscriptions, Translated and Annotated Translations: Ramesses II, His Contemporaries (Ramesside Inscriptions Translations) (Volume III) Wiley-Blackwell. 2001, pg 328-329, ISBN 978-0631184287
  4. ^ “Hori titkai” (Secrets of Hori) permanent exhibition (Hungarian text)


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