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Osiris myth
Osiris myth: ancient Egyptian story of Osiris murdered by Seth, revived by Isis, avenged by Horus. Earliest in the Pyramid Texts (24th century BCE); only connected retelling is Plutarch's De Iside et Osiride; cult center Abydos.
Osorkon Bust
The Osorkon Bust is a reddish quartzite bust of the Egyptian pharaoh Osorkon I, dedicated with a Phoenician inscription by Eliba'al, king of Byblos, and held in the Louvre.
Osorkon I
Osorkon I, also known as Sekhemkheperre Osorkon, was the second king of Egypt's Libyan Bubastite 22nd Dynasty and son of Shoshenq I, reigning around 924–889 BC.
Osorkon II
Osorkon II, also known as Usermaatre Osorkon, was a pharaoh of Egypt's Twenty-second Dynasty who reigned from about 874 to 837 BC and built the Sed-festival gateway at Bubastis.
Osorkon II's Sed festival at Bubastis
Osorkon II's Sed festival at Bubastis was the royal jubilee celebrated by pharaoh Osorkon II at the Temple of Bastet, recorded on a granite gateway built for the occasion.
Osorkon IV
Osorkon IV was the last king of Egypt's Twenty-second Dynasty, reigning about 730 to 715 BC over Bubastis and Tanis, and may be the Shilkanni of Assyrian records.
Osorkon the Elder
Osorkon the Elder, throne name Aakheperre and known as Osochor, was a pharaoh of Egypt's 21st Dynasty of Libyan origin in the early 10th century BC.
Ostracon of Prince Sethherkhepshef
The Ostracon of Prince Sethherkhepshef is a painted limestone ostracon naming a son of Ramesses III, found in the Valley of the Queens and kept in Turin.
Ostracon of Senemut
The Ostracon of Senemut is a limestone flake bearing a hieratic list of workmen conscripted for labor, dated to year 16 and found near Senenmut's tomb TT353 at Deir el-Bahri.
Overseer of cattle
The Overseer of cattle (imy-r ih.w) was an ancient Egyptian official title for the head of the state's cattle administration, attested from 2345 to 1150 BCE.
Overseer of royal works
The overseer of royal works, Egyptian imy-r k3t nbt nt nswt, was a senior Old Kingdom office organizing labor and resources for royal projects, above all pyramids.
Overseer of the treasuries
The overseer of the treasuries was an ancient Egyptian official in charge of the state treasury, attested from the First Dynasty into the New Kingdom.
Paatenemheb
Paatenemheb (Pa-Aten-em-hab) was an Egyptian general and court official of Dynasty 18 who commanded Akhenaten's army and owned rock tomb TA24 at Amarna, dated c. 1340 BC.
Pabasa
Pabasa was great steward of the God's Wife of Amun Nitocris I at Thebes under Psamtik I, known from his rock-cut tomb TT279 at the Asasif.
Padiamenope
Padiamenope, also known as Petamenophis or Pediamenopet, was a chief lector-priest at Thebes in the late 25th and early 26th Egyptian Dynasty, around 700 to 600 BC.
Padihorresnet
Padihorresnet, also known as Padihorresne, was a high steward of the God's Wife of Amun Nitocris at Thebes during Egypt's Twenty-sixth Dynasty, attested from 664 to 526 BCE.
Padiiset (Envoy for Canaan)
Padiiset, also written Pa-di-iset, was an Egyptian diplomatic envoy of Canaan and Philistia, named on a usurped statue of about 900–850 BCE that bears the last known Egyptian mention of Canaan.
Pahemnetjer
Pahemnetjer, also spelled Pahemneter, was High Priest of Ptah at Memphis during the reign of Seti I, known from ushabti fragments found at Giza and as the father of Vizier Rahotep.
Palermo Stone
The Palermo Stone is a black basalt stela fragment bearing the oldest surviving royal annals of ancient Egypt, recording kings from predynastic times to the mid Fifth Dynasty, now kept in Palermo, Sicily.
Pami
Pami, also known as Pamay, was a pharaoh of Egypt's 22nd Dynasty during the Third Intermediate Period, ruling from Tanis about 785–774 BC and succeeded by his son Shoshenq V.
Paneb
Paneb was chief workman of the right-hand side of the crew at Deir el-Medina, the village of royal tomb-builders in Thebes, flourishing around 1204–1193 BC.
Panehesy (Viceroy of Kush)
Panehesy (also written Panehsy) was Viceroy of Kush, governing Egyptian Nubia under Ramesses XI, and is known for suppressing the High Priest of Amun Amenhotep in Thebes.
Panehesy (vizier)
Panehesy, whose name means "the Nubian," was Vizier of Upper Egypt under Pharaoh Merneptah of the 19th Dynasty, attested from around 1212 BC and known from monuments at Gebel el-Silsila.
Pantjeny
Pantjeny was a pharaoh of Egypt's Second Intermediate Period, c. 1650 BC, known almost entirely from a single stela found at Abydos and tentatively assigned to the Abydos Dynasty.
Papyrus Ambras
Papyrus Ambras is a hieratic Egyptian papyrus of the Twentieth Dynasty, dated to about 1085 BC, recording a trial for tomb robbery and kept in Vienna's Kunsthistorisches Museum.
Papyrus Amherst 63
Papyrus Amherst 63 is a 4th-century BC papyrus roll, found near Thebes, whose Aramaic texts are written in Egyptian demotic script; it preserves three Israelite psalms and is held in New York and Ann Arbor.
Papyrus Anastasi I
Papyrus Anastasi I, also known as Anastasi I, is a satirical model letter in Late Egyptian from the reign of Ramesses II, held in the British Museum.
Papyrus Anastasi II
Papyrus Anastasi II is a Ramesside Egyptian papyrus scroll in the British Museum, dated to about 1200 BC, containing hymns and didactic texts of the Late-Egyptian Miscellanies.
Papyrus Anastasi III
Papyrus Anastasi III is a Ramesside scribal manuscript of the Late Egyptian Miscellanies type, written in Hieratic and held in the British Museum as EA 10246.
Papyrus Anastasi IV
Papyrus Anastasi IV is a Ramesside scribal model-letter manuscript of the Late Egyptian Miscellanies, written around 1200 BC and held in the British Museum as EA 10249.