Yuyu (High Priest of Osiris)

Yuyu High Priest of Osiris
Naophoros statue of Yuyu in the Louvre.
Predecessor	Hori
Dynasty	19th Dynasty
Pharaoh	Ramesses II, Merenptah?
Father	Hori
Children	Siese

Yuyu was an ancient Egyptian High Priest of Osiris at Abydos, during the reign of pharaohs Ramesses II and possibly Merenptah of the 19th Dynasty.

He was the son of the High Priest of Osiris Hori, himself son of the High Priest of Osiris Wenennefer.^[1] His son and successor was Siese. Among Yuyu's monuments, there is a granite statue depicting him while holding a naos with the god Osiris, now exhibited in The Louvre (A 69).^[2]

References

↑ Michael Rice, Who is who in Ancient Egypt, 1999 (2004), Routledge, London, ISBN 0-203-44328-4, pp. 219-220.
↑ Yuyu's statue in The Louvre

Officials and priests during the reign of Ramesses II

Viziers

Paser
Khay
Thutmose
Prehotep I
Prehotep II
Neferronpet

Viceroy of Kush

Overseer of the treasuries

Nebiot
Amenmose
Panehsy
Suti
Pay-ten-hab
Amenemone

Overseer of the Granary

Siese the Elder
Qeny
Siese the Younger
Kheriuf

High Priest

of Amun	Nebwenenef Paser Bakenkhonsu Roma called Roy

of Ptah	Huy Pahemnetjer Didia Khaemwaset Neferronpet Hori I

of Re	Bak Amenemope Meryatum

of Osiris	Mery Wenennefer Hori Yuyu

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