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Ptah
Ptah (Egyptian Ptḥ), mummiform creator god and patron of craftsmen at Memphis, identified by Greeks with Hephaestus; his temple Hwt-ka-Ptah gave Egypt its Greek name, and the Shabaka Stone records his creation by heart and tongue.
Ptahemwia
Ptahemwia was a high-ranking Egyptian official of the Nineteenth Dynasty under Ramesses II, serving as royal scribe and Overseer of the Treasury of the Ramesseum.
Ptahhotep (vizier of Djedkare)
Ptahhotep, also known as Ptahhotep I or Ptahhotpe, was a vizier of ancient Egypt who served King Djedkare Isesi in the late Fifth Dynasty, around 2400 BC.
Ptahhotep Tjefi
Ptahhotep Tjefi, also known as Ptahhotep Djefi, was a vizier of ancient Egypt who served King Djedkare Isesi at the end of the Fifth Dynasty, around the 25th century BCE.
Ptahmose (vizier)
Ptahmose was an Egyptian official of the late 18th Dynasty who served Amenhotep III as high priest of Amun, vizier, and head of building projects.
Ptahmose I (High Priest of Ptah)
Ptahmose I was High Priest of Ptah at Memphis under Pharaoh Thutmose III of the 18th Dynasty, when the Ptah priesthood was among Egypt's most powerful offices.
Ptahmose, son of Menkheper
Ptahmose, son of Menkheper, was an 18th-Dynasty Egyptian official who served as High Priest of Ptah at Memphis, bearing the title "Greatest of the Directors of craftsmen" and known from the office's published succession lists.
Ptahshepses (vizier)
Ptahshepses was a vizier of ancient Egypt's Fifth Dynasty who served King Nyuserre, married Princess Khamerernebty, and built at Abusir the largest private mastaba tomb known from the Old Kingdom.
Ptolemaic army
The Ptolemaic army was the multiethnic army of Ptolemaic Egypt (323–30 BC), made up of Greco-Macedonian settlers, mercenaries, and native Egyptians, fielding about 70,000 men at Raphia in 217 BC.
Ptolemaic campaign into Nubia
The Ptolemaic campaign into Nubia, commanded by Ptolemy II Philadelphus, was a 275 BC expedition against Kush that temporarily extended Ptolemaic control south to the Second Cataract.
Ptolemaic Canon
The Ptolemaic Canon, also called the Canon of Kings, is a list of rulers and reign lengths compiled by Ptolemy, running from 747 BC to his own time.
Ptolemaic coinage
Ptolemaic coinage is the coinage of Ptolemaic Egypt, a closed currency system of gold, silver, and bronze struck from Ptolemy I to Cleopatra VII, with its own weight standard.
Ptolemaic cult of Alexander the Great
The Ptolemaic cult of Alexander the Great was a state cult founded by Ptolemy I in Alexandria around 290 BC, serving as the frame of the dynastic cult.
Ptolemaic dynasty
Ptolemaic dynasty, also called the Lagid dynasty: Macedonian Greek royal house ruling Egypt 305–30 BC, founded by Ptolemy I Soter, general of Alexander the Great; ended with Cleopatra VII's defeat and Roman takeover.
Ptolemaic Kingdom
The Ptolemaic Kingdom, founded by Ptolemy I Soter after Alexander's death (323 BC; king from 305/4 BC), was the longest-lasting Hellenistic successor state, ruling Egypt from Alexandria until Cleopatra VII's defeat at Actium in 31 BC and Roman annexation in 30 BC.
Ptolemaic navy
The Ptolemaic navy was the fleet of Ptolemaic Egypt, based at Alexandria. Under Ptolemy II it was the leading naval power of the third-century-BC Mediterranean.
Ptolemaic ruler cult
The Ptolemaic ruler cult, state cult of living and deceased Ptolemaic rulers, was founded under Ptolemy II Philadelphos in the 270s BC and had Greek and Egyptian temple forms.
Ptolemaios (son of Glaucias)
Ptolemaios son of Glaucias was a Macedonian katochos, or temple recluse, in the Serapeum of Memphis in Ptolemaic Egypt, detained there 15 years by his own 158 BC petition.
Ptolemy Apion
Ptolemy Apion (Πτολεμαῖος Ἀπίων) was the last Greek king of Cyrene, an illegitimate son of Ptolemy VIII of Egypt who willed his kingdom to Rome in 96 BC.
Ptolemy Epigonos
Ptolemy Epigonos, known as Ptolemy 'the Son', was a Ptolemaic prince who served as co-regent of Egypt with Ptolemy II from 267 to 259 BC.
Ptolemy Eupator
Ptolemy Eupator was a son of Ptolemy VI Philometor and Cleopatra II, made co-regent of Egypt in 152 BC and dead, probably of disease, within months.
Ptolemy II of Telmessos
Ptolemy II of Telmessos, or Ptolemaios son of Lysimachos, was a dynast who ruled the city of Telmessos in Lycia, attested from about 206 BC until at least 181 BC.
Ptolemy II Philadelphus (Πτολεμαῖος Φιλάδελφος)
Ptolemy II Philadelphus (Πτολεμαῖος Φιλάδελφος), second Ptolemaic king of Egypt (282-246 BCE), married his sister Arsinoe II, completed the Library and Lighthouse of Alexandria, and ruled the Ptolemaic empire at its greatest extent.
Ptolemy III Euergetes
Ptolemy III Euergetes, meaning "the Benefactor", was a Greek king of the Ptolemaic dynasty who ruled Egypt from 246 to 222 BC, son of Ptolemy II.
Ptolemy IV Philopator
Ptolemy IV Philopator (Ptolemaios Philopator) was a Ptolemaic king of Egypt, reigning from 222 to 204 BC and defeating Antiochus III at Raphia in 217 BC.
Ptolemy IX Soter
Ptolemy IX Soter, also called Ptolemy Lathyrus, was a Macedonian king of Egypt of the Ptolemaic dynasty, ruling 116–107 BC and again 88–81/80 BC after exile in Cyprus.
Ptolemy Macron
Ptolemy Macron was a Ptolemaic official who governed Cyprus under Ptolemy VI Philometor, deserted to Antiochus IV Epiphanes, was rewarded with Coele-Syria and Phoenicia, and died by poison.
Ptolemy of Cyprus
Ptolemy of Cyprus, also called Ptolemy, king of Cyprus, was the last Ptolemaic king of Cyprus, ruling from 80 BC until Roman annexation in 58 BC.
Ptolemy Philadelphus (Πτολεμαῖος Φιλάδελφος) (son of Cleopatra)
Ptolemy Philadelphus (Πτολεμαῖος Φιλάδελφος), youngest son of Cleopatra VII and Mark Antony, born c. 36 BC; named king of Phoenicia, Syria, and Cilicia at the Donations of Alexandria, later under Octavia's guardianship, fate unknown.
Ptolemy V Epiphanes
Ptolemy V Epiphanes, also known as Ptolemy Epiphanes, was a king of Ptolemaic Egypt who reigned from 204 to 180 BC and is best known from the Rosetta Stone decree of 196 BC.