# Perneb

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{{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 Egypt](/source/ancient_Egypt)ian [prince](/source/prince) and [priest](/source/priest), who lived at the beginning of the [2nd Dynasty](/source/Second_Dynasty_of_Egypt).

== Identity ==
Perneb's name is preserved on several clay seals found in the gallery tomb A at [Saqqara](/source/Saqqara), which is attributed to two kings ([pharaoh](/source/pharaoh)s) at the same time (king [Hotepsekhemwy](/source/Hotepsekhemwy) and king [Nebra](/source/Nebra_(pharaoh))). 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](/source/Sopdu)'', a deity which was rarely named in early Egypt. His cult center was somewhere in the eastern [Nile Delta](/source/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](/source/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>

== References ==
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Category:Ancient Egyptian princes
Category:3rd-millennium BC births
Category:3rd-millennium BC deaths

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