Sasobek
Ancient Egyptian vizier
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Sasobek (Egyptian: "Son of Sobek") was an ancient Egyptian vizier, who officiated between the late 25th – early 26th Dynasty, during the reign of pharaoh Psamtik I. Being the "Vizier of the North", he resided and officiated from Sais, in Lower Egypt.[1][2]
| Sasobek | |||||
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| Vizier of the North | |||||
Statue of Sasobek's son Horwedja, mentioning his father | |||||
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| Dynasty | 25th–26th Dynasty | ||||
| Pharaoh | Psamtik I | ||||
| Children | Horwedja | ||||
Sasobek is known from his fine siltstone sarcophagus which is now in the British Museum (EA 17),[3] and also from a kneeling greywacke statue of his son Horwedja, now in the Walters Art Museum of Baltimore (22.79).[4]
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