Ptah Temple Workshops and Economic Records at Memphis — Late Bronze Age to Third Intermediate Period Egypt (c.1300–1070 BCE)

1. Shoshenq serves as High Priest under Osorkon II

   Jan 1, 8501 BCELabels: Shoshenq, Ptah Temple, Memphis

   • Shoshenq D
   • Serapeum Saqqara

2. Memphis becomes a major cult center of Ptah

   Jan 1, 1300 BCELabels: Ptah, Memphis, New Kingdom

   • Britannica
   • Britannica

3. Apis burials at Saqqara support temple administration

   Jan 1, 1300 BCELabels: Apis, Saqqara, Ptah Temple

   • Britannica
   • Serapeum Saqqara

4. Huy attested as High Priest of Ptah

   Jan 1, 1263 BCELabels: Huy, Ptah Temple, Ramesses II

   • Huy Ptah
   • Apis

5. Apis burial dated to Ramesses II Year 16

   Jan 1, 1263 BCELabels: Apis, Ramesses II, Saqqara

   • Khaemwaset
   • Apis

6. Apis burial dated to Ramesses II Year 30

   Jan 1, 1249 BCELabels: Apis, Ramesses II, Saqqara

   • Khaemwaset
   • Serapeum Saqqara

7. Khaemwaset redesigns the Serapeum burial galleries

   Jan 1, 1249 BCELabels: Khaemwaset, Serapeum, Ramesses II

   • Khaemwaset
   • Britannica

8. Didia serves as High Priest of Ptah

   Jan 1, 1244 BCELabels: Didia, Ptah Temple, Ramesses II

   • Didia
   • Memphis Ptah

9. Serapeum continues as long-term temple archive site

   Jan 1, 1150 BCELabels: Serapeum, Apis, Saqqara

   • Britannica
   • Serapeum Saqqara

10. Memphite Theology recorded on the Shabaka Stone

    Jan 1, 710 BCELabels: Shabaka Stone, Memphite Theology, Ptah

    • Shabaka Stone
    • Britannica

11. Serapeum rediscovered and excavated by Mariette

    Jan 1, 1850Labels: Mariette, Serapeum, Saqqara

    • Britannica
    • Serapeum Saqqara

12. Priestly-family records studied in modern scholarship

    Jan 1, 1981Labels: Priestly families, Memphis, modern scholarship

    • NLA Catalog
    • Attalus