Pinedjem I
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Pinedjem I was the High Priest of Amun at Thebes in Ancient Egypt from 1070 to 1032 BC and the de facto ruler of the south of the country from 1054 BC. He was the son of the High Priest Piankh. However, many Egyptologists today believe that the succession in the Amun priesthood actually ran from Piankh to Herihor to Pinedjem I.
Representation of Pinedjem I in the Temple of Khonsu, Karnak.
A pectoral of the High Priest Pinedjem I.
High Priest of Amun
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The High Priest of Amun or First Prophet of Amun was the highest-ranking priest in the priesthood of the ancient Egyptian god Amun. The first high priests of Amun appear in the New Kingdom of Egypt, at the beginning of the Eighteenth Dynasty.
The god Amun in Karnak.
Senenu, High Priest of Amūn at Deir El-Baḥri, grinding grain, c. 1352–1292 B.C. (to the end of the 18th Dynasty), Limestone, Brooklyn Museum.
Pinudjem II as High Priest
Image: King Herihor Adore Osiris