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III.84. Parenakht Date: Ramesses IV — Ramesses V (based on the date of the remains) Genealogy: unknown Tomb: unknown Remains: — ostracon, Berlin, Ágyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, P 12286 — papyrus, Turin, Museo Egizio, Cat. 2002 — stele, Toronto, Royal Ontario Museum, ROM 910.35.5 Functional titles: wdpw nswt s§ nswt Parenakht must have been in office under the reign of Ramesses IV as well as Ramesses V, at least in his 1* year, based on the date of two of his remains. The ostracon from Deir el-Medina, now located in Berlin (P 12286), can be dated to this period based on the presence of the ‘vizier’ Neferrenpet and the ‘high priest of Amun’ Ramessesnakht in the inscription. The fourth person mentioned on the ostracon is another wdpw nswt ‘royal wdpw’ Nefersunu. The inscription renders an account of a visit by a delegation of high ranking officials, the assignment of whom is not entirely clear due to the fragmentary condition of the text. The only thing which can be confirmed is that it is linked to performing a water libation in devotion to one or more previous kings. Another mention of Parenakht is in a section of papyrus Turin, Cat. 2002, on 7" of the 2"! month of shemu in the 1“ year of Ramesses V.*” The inscription describes the visit of some high officials in inspecting the placing some pieces of burial equipment into a royal tomb, based on the very early date during the reign of Ramesses V, presumably into that of his predecessor, Ramesses IV. There were five wdpw nswt ‘royal wdpws’ among the members of the delegation, the highest number acting together in one case according to the available sources. Besides Parenakht, Sobekhotep, Ramessessethherwenemef, Amenkhau and Atumnakht were also present. A fragment of a stele in Toronto (Royal Ontario Museum, ROM 910.35.5) most likely belongs to Parenakht as well. Although the object in its present state preserved only the middle of the stele with the owner offering before Ptah in the field and remains of columns of inscription above them, a photograph from the excavation in the Valley of the * Schulman mistakenly dated the document to the reign of Ramesses IV, see Schulman, 1986, 202; and Eyre incorrectly mentions his name as Sethherkhepeshef in his study on the ostracon in Sydney, R.97, see Eyre, 1979, 81, n. e.