High Priest of Ra
The High Priest of Re was known in Egyptian as the wr-m3w which translates as Greatest of Seers. [1] The main cult of Ra was in Heliopolis. The high priests of Ra are not as well documented as the high priests of other deities such as Amun and Ptah.
Old Kingdom
- Imhotep
- Prince Rahotep son of Sneferu
New Kingdom
- Ahmose, son of Amenhotep II. Served during the reign of Thutmose IV
- Meryatum son of Ramesses II and Nefertari
- Amenemope, son of the high priest of Amun, Parennefer called Wennefer
- Meryatum II
- Nebmaatre, likely a son of Ramesses IX
References
- ^ Elizabeth Frood, John Baines, Biographical texts from Ramessid Egypt