Petosiris

Also called Petosiris, Padiwesir Anchefenchonsu, son of Sischu and Neferrenpet, lived in the second half of the 4th century BC, during the transitional period from the Achaemenid to Ptolemäerdynastie in Egypt. In the Egyptian high priest Petosiris it is not about the well-known astronomer Petosiris.

Career

He was royal scribe, Lesonis and high priest of Thoth of Hermopolis Magna. In addition, he has held numerous titles priest in the service of the deities Sekhmet, Khnum, Amun- Re and Hathor. In an autobiographical inscription in his grave he boasts to have the derelict temple established in particular in his seven -year tenure as Lesonis again.

The grave of Petosiris

Petosiris is especially known by the grave, which he had to build in Tuna el - Gebel, Necropolis of Hermopolis Magna of. The architecture of the tomb is modeled on a temple with pronaos. The grave is also known for his depictions of scenes from everyday life in the Greco -Egyptian hybrid style. Occupy Greek graffiti, that the grave of the later revered as a saint Petosiris was visited by the sick to be healed. Famous for its colorful glass inserts coffin of Petosiris is now in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo (JE 46592 ).