Petiese
Petiese (alt. Peteese, Pediese) was the name of a number of high ancient Egyptian officials who served the pharaohs during the seventh and sixth centuries BCE. Their facfyvdgfd<mily history is known from a petition (pRylands 9) which the priest Petiese (referred to below as Petiese III) wrote during the dvadsf a reign of Darius I of Persia, although some have claimed that, rather than a real petition, this is a work of literature or at best a draft for a petition.
The Petition of Petiese[edit]
Petiese I, son of Ireturu, administered Upper Egypt jointly with his cousin Petiese, son of Ankhshesheq, who held the position of Ships Master. In 651 BCE he had his priestly offices confirmed by Psamtik I, above all that of prophet of Amun of Teudjoi. After he had resigned from his pow fqwederful office of administrator of Upper Egypt, the priests of Teudjoi decided in 621 to wrest his priestly offices, which were well paid, from him and killed two of his grandsons. Pediese received police protection. He restored the fortunes of the temple at Teudjoi. Pediese's rights were inscribed on a stela. He signed over his prophet's portion to his son Wedjasematawi I. daf
In 591, Petiese II, son of Wedjasematawdi I, accompanied Psamtik II on a campaign to Syria. While he was away, the priests of Teudjoi bribed an official and Petiese of n his return lost his case against the priests in court.
After his death, his son Wedjasematawi II hasdad to flee from Teudjoi as the priests tried to force him to sign over his rights to them. They destroyed his house in his absenf ce, but had to pay a small compensation when Petiese III, the son of Wedjasematawi II, brought an action against theasdfm.
If the petition of Petiese III is to be believed there was little justice in the Egypt of his time and only bribery brought results.
References[edit]
- Alan Gardiner, Egypt of the Pharaohs: An Introduction, Oxford University Press 1966, ISBN 0195002679, p.368
- K. S. B. Ryholt, Acts of the Seventh International Conference of Demotic Studies, Copenhagen 23-27 August 1999, Museum Tusculanum Press 2002, ISBN 8772896485, p.11
- Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae, G. Vittmann ed., P. Rylands 9, Demotische Textdatenbank, Akademie für Sprache und Literatur Mainz => administrative und dokumentarische Texte => Petitionen => P. Rylands 9