Pentawer

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Pentawer was an ancient Egyptian prince, son of Ramesses III, best known for his alleged role in the harem conspiracy to assassinate his father.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Pentawer canonical 2
Pentawer (prince) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Egyptian prince ⓘ
royal person ⓘ
allegedCrime conspiracy to assassinate Ramesses III ⓘ
associatedMummy "Unknown Man E" ⓘ
associatedWith royal harem of Ramesses III ⓘ
burialSite Deir el-Bahari cache (DB320) (hypothesized) ⓘ
causeOfDeath possible strangulation (based on mummy evidence of Unknown Man E) ⓘ
centuryOfBirth 12th century BCE ⓘ
centuryOfDeath 12th century BCE ⓘ
civilization Ancient Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Pharaonic Egypt
country Ancient Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Pharaonic Egypt
culturalDepiction subject of modern historical and forensic studies ⓘ
dynasty Twentieth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
era New Kingdom ⓘ
eventParticipatedIn Harem Conspiracy against Ramesses III ⓘ
father Ramesses III ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
historicalPeriod Late New Kingdom ⓘ
historicalStatus figure of disputed identification in mummy DB320 ⓘ
knownFor alleged role in the harem conspiracy against Ramesses III ⓘ
being a son of Ramesses III ⓘ
languageOfName Ancient Egyptian ⓘ
legalOutcome found guilty in the harem conspiracy trials ⓘ
legalProcess tried by a special court appointed by Ramesses III’s successor ⓘ
mannerOfDeath execution (hypothesized) ⓘ
forced suicide (according to many Egyptologists) ⓘ
mentionedIn Judicial Papyrus of Turin ⓘ
nameVariant Pentawere ⓘ
Pentaweret ⓘ
notableDocumentaryEvidence harem conspiracy trial records ⓘ
originalName Pentawer ⓘ
possibleMother Tiye (secondary wife of Ramesses III) ⓘ
reignOfFather reign of Ramesses III ⓘ
relative Ramesses III ⓘ
roleInConspiracy supporting a rival succession claim ⓘ
royalTitle prince of Egypt ⓘ
scholarlyUncertainty exact identity of his mummy is debated ⓘ
successionContext dispute over the royal succession after Ramesses III ⓘ
successorOfFather Ramesses IV (half-brother and rival in succession) ⓘ
linked to: Ramesses IV

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ramesses III → child → Pentawer ⓘ
Pentawer → originalName → Pentawer ⓘ
Judicial Papyrus of Turin → mainSubject → Pentawer (prince) ⓘ
linked to: Pentawer