Ashakhet II
Ashakhet II was a High Priest of Ptah during the Twenty-first [dynasty of Egypt|21st Dynasty]. He served during the reigns of Siamun and Psusennes II.
Ashakhet II is known from a genealogy known as Berlin 23673, where he is said to be a Chief of Secrets of the Great Seat and a prophet. He is also mentioned in a genealogy from the Louvre where he is said to be a High Priest of Ptah.
Ashakhet was the son of Neterkheperre Meryptah called [Pipi II] by an unknown mother. He would later be succeeded by his son Ankhefensekhmet.
Publications Regarding Berlin 23673 and Louvre 96
- L. Borchardt, Die Mittel zur Zeitlichen Festlegung von Punkten de Aegyptischen Geschichte und ihre Anwendung, 1935, pg 96-112
- E. Chassinat, Recueil de travaux relatifs à la philologie et à l'archéologie égyptiennes et assyriennes, 22 16-17, No 54
- Malinines, Posner, Vercoutter, Catalogue des steles de Sérapéum de Memphis, I, 1968, No. 52, pp. 48–49
- Kees, Zeitschrift fur Agyptischer Sprache, 87, 146-9