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Ptolemy (I) Soter (Ptolemaios I) 332-282 BC
General Ptolemy, son of Lagos ruled Egypt first as a governor for the kings of Macedon, and then from 306/5 BC (November 7) as independent king. The king made the cult of Sarapis the state cult.
Horus name: Werehtinesuqeni Nebty name: Itjiemsekhem(ef ?)emheqatjel Golden Falcon name: Prenomen: Setepenra-meryamun Nomen: Ptolemy |
Burial place: Alexandria |
Attestation in the Petrie Museum:
coins (click on the picture for more information) |
Further Attestations:
genealogy of the Ptolemaic family
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