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 Ancie ...

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 – made during the 8th century BCE, under the reign of pharaoh Shoshenq V of the late ...

, where he is said to be a contemporary of

Pharaoh Pharaoh (, ; Egyptian: '' pr ꜥꜣ''; cop, , Pǝrro; Biblical Hebrew: ''Parʿō'') is the vernacular term often used by modern authors for the kings of ancient Egypt who ruled as monarchs from the First Dynasty (c. 3150 BC) until th ...

Amenemnisu. Ashaket was the father of the

Pipi A Pipi A was a High Priest of Ptah during the 21st Dynasty. Pipi is known from a genealogy known as Berlin 23673, where he is said to be a contemporary of Pharaoh Psusennes I. He is also mentioned in a genealogy from the Louvre. Pipi A w ...

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