Ashakhet I Explained

Style:	High Priest of Ptah in Memphis
Ashakhet I
Predecessor:	Ptahemakhet
Successor:	Pipi A
Pharaoh:	Amenemnisu and possibly Psusennes I?
Children:	Pipi A

Ashakhet was a High Priest of Ptah during the beginning 21st Dynasty.

Ashakhet is known from the Genealogy of Ankhefensekhmet, where he is said to be a contemporary of Pharaoh Amenemnisu.

Ashaket was the father of the High Priest of Ptah Pipi A and the grand father of the High Priest of Ptah Harsiese.^[1]

References

Publications Regarding Berlin 23673

• L Borchardt, Die Mittel zur Zeitlichen Festlegung von Punkten de Aegyptischen Geschichte und ihre Anwendung, 1935, pg 96-112
• Kees, Zeitschrift fur Agyptischer Sprache, 87 (1962), 146-9 (includes discussion of Louvre 96)

Notes and References

1. K.A. Kitchen, The Third Intermediate Period in Egypt (1100–650 BC). 3rd ed. 1996 Warminster: Aris & Phillips Limited.