Ashakhet was a

High Priest of Ptah The High Priest of Ptah was sometimes referred to as "the Greatest of the Directors of Craftsmanship" ('' wr-ḫrp-ḥmwt''). This title refers to Ptah as the patron god of the craftsmen.Dodson and Hilton, ''The Complete Royal Families of Anci ...

during the beginning 21st Dynasty. Ashakhet is known from the

Genealogy of Ankhefensekhmet The Genealogy of Ankhefensekhmet or Genealogy of the Memphite priestly elite (Berlin 23673) is an ancient Egyptian relief – sometimes referred to as a stela – normally identified as having been made during the 8th century BCE, under the reign ...

, where he is said to be a contemporary of

Pharaoh Pharaoh (, ; Egyptian language, Egyptian: ''wikt:pr ꜥꜣ, pr ꜥꜣ''; Meroitic language, Meroitic: 𐦲𐦤𐦧, ; Biblical Hebrew: ''Parʿō'') was the title of the monarch of ancient Egypt from the First Dynasty of Egypt, First Dynasty ( ...

Amenemnisu Neferkare Amenemnisu was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh, the second king of the 21st Dynasty. Reign Amenemnisu's existence was only confirmed in 1940 when the Tanite tomb of his successor Psusennes I was discovered by Pierre Montet: a gold bow ...

. Ashaket was the father of the

Pipi A Pipi A was a High Priest of Ptah during the Twenty-first dynasty of Egypt, 21st Dynasty. Pipi is known from Genealogy of Ankhefensekhmet, a genealogy known as Berlin 23673, where he is said to be a contemporary of Pharaoh Psusennes I. He is ...

and the grand father of the

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

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) Memphis high priests of Ptah People of the Twenty-first Dynasty of Egypt {{AncientEgypt-bio-stub