Pentaweret

Quartigod son of Ramesses III by his minor wife Tiye. The notorious "conspiracy-son" of the 1155 BCE harem conspiracy — his mother's plot to put him on the throne instead of his half-brother Amenherkhepshef (Ramesses IV) succeeded in mortally wounding the pharaoh but failed to alter the succession. Tried, condemned to suicide, and buried in a goatskin (ritual-impurity material) to deny him afterlife — identified in 2012 by CT scan as the "Unknown Man E" mummy with his name systematically erased. **Alive at 1172 BCE as a young man, 17 years before his execution.**

Parentage

• Ramesses III

Relations

• sibling: Khaemwaset C
• father: Ramesses III
• half sibling: Ramesses IV
• half sibling: Ramesses VI
• enemy: Ramesses IV
• half sibling: Ramesses VIII

Sources

• Judicial Papyrus of Turin (the harem-conspiracy trial transcripts); CT scan analysis of "Unknown Man E" mummy by Saleem-Hawass 2012; DNA matching with Ramesses III's mummy
• Judicial Papyrus of Turin; "Unknown Man E" CT scan showing ligature marks and contorted face; goatskin burial