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Petiese (prophet of Amun)
Petiese, also written Pediese, was a prophet of Amun at Teudjoi in Middle Egypt who lived under the Persian king Darius I and wrote the Petition of Petiese.
Petition of Petiese
The Petition of Petiese, preserved as Papyrus Rylands IX, is a long Demotic Egyptian text written in 513 BCE under Darius I, recounting a priestly family's persecution.
Petosarapis
Dionysios Petosarapis was an Egyptian courtier and general of Ptolemy VI Philometor who, after the invasion of Antiochus IV ended in 168 BC, led a failed revolt in Alexandria.
Petosiris (High Priest of Thoth)
Petosiris was high priest of the temple of Thoth at Hermopolis in Middle Egypt around the Macedonian conquest of Egypt, known chiefly from his monumental family tomb at Tuna el-Gebel.
Petubastis (High Priest of Memphis)
Petubastis, also rendered Pedubast, was a High Priest of Ptah at Memphis from 104/3 to 76 BC, whose funerary epitaph records a pontificate of twenty-eight years.
Petubastis III
Petubastis III, also known as Padibastet or Pedubast III, was an Egyptian rebel king who ruled part of Egypt against Persian rule from 521 BC until about 518 BC.
Phanes of Halicarnassus
Phanes of Halicarnassus (Φάνης) was a Greek mercenary commander who served Pharaoh Amasis II, then defected to Cambyses II, aiding the Persian conquest of Egypt in 525 BC.
Pharaoh
The pharaoh was the ruler of ancient Egypt, holding supreme political and religious power as a god on earth until Cleopatra VII died in 30 BCE.
Pharaohs in the Bible
Pharaohs in the Bible: unnamed "Pharaoh" (Egyptian pr-ˁA, Great House) in Genesis and Exodus; named rulers Shishak (Shoshenq I), Neco II, Tirhakah, and Hophra; Neco II killed Josiah at Megiddo about 609 BC.
Pherendates
Pherendates, called Farandata in Egyptian texts, was the Achaemenid satrap of Egypt under Darius I, known from demotic letters of 493–492 BC to the priests of Khnum at Elephantine.
Pherendates II
Pherendates II was a Persian installed as satrap (governor) of Egypt at Memphis by Artaxerxes III after the Achaemenid reconquest of 343 BC, during the Second Persian Period.
Philae obelisk
The Philae obelisk is a Ptolemaic granite obelisk from Philae, Egypt, brought to England by William John Bankes and erected at Kingston Lacy in Dorset in 1829.
Philammon
Philammon is a Greek personal name attested in ancient Egypt, borne by 161 known individuals, and also the name of a legendary musician said to be a son of Apollo.
Philensis decrees
The Philensis decrees, also called the Decrees of Philae, are two priestly decrees of Ptolemy V Epiphanes inscribed side by side on the temple wall at Philae in 186 and 185 BC.
Philinna papyrus
The Philinna papyrus is a Greek papyrus from Egypt, dated to the 1st century BC, preserving three magical healing spells in hexameter verse, including spells against burns and headache.
Philotera
Philotera was a princess of Ptolemaic Egypt, daughter of Ptolemy I Soter and Berenice I and full sister of Ptolemy II, deified after her death.
Phylakitai
The phylakitai (Greek φυλακῖται, singular phylakites) were the police and guard force of Ptolemaic Egypt, attested by documentary papyri and ostraca from the 3rd to the 1st century BC.
Pi'tati
Pi'tati (Pítati), from Egyptian pḏtyw meaning archer troops, were Nubian archer contingents in Egyptian service, requested by Canaanite vassal kings in the Amarna letters of the mid-14th century BC.
Piankh
Piankh, also rendered Payankh, was a High Priest of Amun and commander of the army at Thebes in the final years of the Twentieth Dynasty, attested in Years 7 and 10 of the Whm Mswt era.
Piankh's Nubian campaign
Piankh's Nubian campaign was a military expedition led into Nubia around 1070 BCE by Piankh, High Priest of Amun and Viceroy of Kush, against the former viceroy Pinehesy.
Pimay
Pimay, now read Pami or Pamu, was a Libyan Chief of the Ma in Egypt's Third Intermediate Period, a son of a pharaoh Shoshenq Meryamun.
Pinedjem I
Pinedjem I, also written Pinudjem I, was High Priest of Amun at Thebes and later king of Upper Egypt, ruling from about 1070 to 1032 BC.
Pinedjem II
Pinedjem II, also written Pinudjem II, was High Priest of Amun at Thebes and effective ruler of Upper Egypt from about 990 to 969 BC, in the 21st Dynasty.
Pirissi and Tulubri
Pirissi and Tulubri were two messengers of King Tushratta of Mitanni, named in the Amarna letters as carriers of his correspondence to Amenhotep III and Akhenaten.
Pithom Stela
The Pithom Stela, or Stela of Pithom, is a hieroglyphic inscription of Ptolemy II on granite, found at Tell el-Maskhuta in 1883 and recording his works in the Wadi Tumilat.
Piye
Piye, also spelled Piankhi or Piankhy, was a king of Kush ruling from Napata who conquered Egypt in the 8th century BC, founding the Twenty-fifth Dynasty.
Poem of Pentaur
The Poem of Pentaur, also written Poem of Pentaour, is the Egyptian literary account of the battle of Kadesh under Ramesses II, carved on five temple walls.
Poetical Stela
The Poetical Stela of Thutmose III is a granite stela from Karnak where the god Amun-Re recounts victories granted to the king, now in Cairo.
Potasimto
Potasimto was an Egyptian army commander under Pharaoh Psamtik II, leading foreign mercenaries in the 593 BC campaign against Kush, known from the Abu Simbel graffiti.
Pothinus
Pothinus, Greek Potheinos, was a eunuch courtier who served as regent for the young Ptolemy XIII, ordered Pompey's assassination in 48 BC, and was executed by Caesar.