Pillars from the tomb of Ptahmes Memphis Sakkara 1250 BC
The High Priest of Ptah is a very old office. The oldest known High Priests of Ptah I could find date back to the Old Kingdom. The High Priest Of Ptah was sometimes referred to as the Greatest of the Directors of the Craftsmen. This title refers to Ptah as the patron god of the craftsmen. The office of the High Priest of Ptah was located in Memphis and as a result quite a few of them were buried in nearby Saqqara. There used to be two high Priests of Ptah until the 6th dynasty. It was probably during the reign of Pepi I that the two offices were combined into one.
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