Ankh-hapi1, god's father, beloved of the god, sm-priest, prophet of Ptah, High Priest of Letopolis, priest of the temples of Memphis, prophet of king Sneferu, assistant to every fourth phyle of the temple of Memphis, master of secrets of the sacred place, master of secrets of the temple of Ptah, purifier of the god in the secret chamber, master of secrets of Rosetau, who enters the sacred place, prophet of Semenmaat, prophet of the gods of Senenmaat2, son of Horemhotep3 by Seta-irt-bint4, chronology unknown5, father of Horemhotep6 by Nefertiti7, and possibly of Heriu8.
[1] PP III 5354. Gr: Achôpis (PP III), Achoapis (PP IX); see J. Quaegebeur in D. J. Crawford et al, Studies on Ptolemaic Memphis 47, 66 n. 2.
D. Wildung, Die Rolle ägyptischer Könige im Bewustsein ihrer Nachwelt, 147ff., proposes to identify Horemhotep of BM 380, son of Ankh-hapi, with Horemhotep of Louvre coffin D13, father of Ankh-hapi, resulting in the following alternate genealogy:
J. Quaegebeur, JNES 30 (1971) 239, 263 (3), notes that the Horemhoteps on the two documents have quite different titles, while the Ankh-hapis have essentially the same title, i.e. that there were two Horemhoteps and one Ankh-hapi, not two Ankh-hapis and one Horemhotep. This analysis seems correct to me. Ý
[2] Louvre coffin D13; stele BM 380. Ý
[3] Coffin Louvre D 13 (Reymond: A 13). Ý
[4] Coffin Louvre D 13 (Reymond: A 13). Ý
[5] While no exact dates are possible, his floruit must be in the second/third quarter of the third century, based on the chronology of his brother-in-law Anemhor II HPM and father-in-law Nesisti-Pedubast HPM. Since he is not described as "deceased" on the funerary stele of his son Horemhotep, it is likely that he outlived him. Ý
[6] Stele BM 380. Ý
[7] Stele BM 380. Ý
[8] J. Quaegebeur & A. Rammant-Peeters, GM 148 (1995) 71, 78 observe that the HPLs remained associated with the rarely attested cult of Semenmaat from Horemhotep father of Ankh-hapi till Heriu son of Aahmes. The fact that Ankh-hapi apparently did not pass a position in this cult to his son Horemhotep when the latter was appointed HPL underscores the importance of the cult to this family. This seems to me to be a stronger argument for proposing genealogical continuity from Ankh-hapi to Aahmes than the proposal of J. Quaegebeur & A. Rammant-Peeters, GM 148 (1995) 71, 84f, to trace such a descent through Horemhotep son of Ankh-hapi.
We have no direct information on the nature of the linkage between Ankh-hapi and later HPLs, if any. However we know Aahmes HPL died in 183 and his son Heriu HPL lived from 214-164. This data is completely consistent with making Heriu, father of Aahmes, a son of Ankh-hapi, whether by Nefertiti or another wife. Accordingly, this is the descent conjecturally proposed here. Ý
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