{{Infobox hieroglyphs |name = <hiero>O1:V30</hiero> |name explanation = Perneb<br/>pr-nb<br/>''Lord of (his) house''<br/>'''Personal name''' |name2 = <hiero>M23:t-G39</hiero> |name2 explanation = Sa-nisut<br/>s3-njsw.t<br/>''Son of the king''<br/>'''Royal title''' |name3 = <hiero>r:Aa1-M44-G43</hiero> |name3 explanation = Iry-khet-Sopdu <br/>''Jrj-ẖt-Spd.w''<br/>''Priest of Sopdu''<br/>'''Official title''' |}}
'''Perneb''' is the name of an ancient Egyptian prince and priest, who lived at the beginning of the 2nd Dynasty.
== Identity == Perneb's name is preserved on several clay seals found in the gallery tomb A at Saqqara, which is attributed to two kings (pharaohs) at the same time (king Hotepsekhemwy and king Nebra). This circumstance lead to disputes about the family origin of Perneb; it cannot be said for sure whose son he exactly was.
Perneb became known for a very rare and unusual title: he was ''priest of Sopdu'', a deity which was rarely named in early Egypt. His cult center was somewhere in the eastern Nile Delta at a city called ''Iptjw''. The exact geographical position of this town is not known. It is also unknown where Perneb was interred.<ref>Toby A. H. Wilkinson: ''Early dynastic Egypt: Strategy, Society and Security.'' Routledge, London u. a. 1999, {{ISBN|0-415-18633-1}}, p. 296.</ref><ref>Peter Kaplony: ''Inschriften der Ägyptischen Frühzeit.'' Volume 3, (= ''Ägyptologische Abhandlungen'' vol. 8). Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 1963, {{ISBN|3-447-00052-X}}, p. 96 as Obj. 367.</ref>
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Category:Ancient Egyptian princes Category:3rd-millennium BC births Category:3rd-millennium BC deaths