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Petosiris

4th century BCE Egyptian high priest
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Summary

Petosiris was born on 500 BC[1] in Ancient Egypt[2]. He died on 500 BC[3]. He worked as an astrologer[4] and priest[5]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (179 views/month, #7,276 of 1,000,298).[6]

Key Facts

  • Place of burial: tomb of Petosiris[7]
  • Sex or gender: male[8]
  • Commons category: Petosiris[9]
  • Different from: Petosiris[10], Nechepso and Petosiris[11]

Why It Matters

Petosiris has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] He is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

FAQs

Where was Petosiris born?

Petosiris was born in Ancient Egypt[2].

What did Petosiris do for work?

Petosiris worked as an astrologer[4] and priest[5].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [6] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 9d ago · Printstream · 2026-10-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ca', 'commons', 'cs', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'ff', 'fr', 'it', 'sr']
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||de */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/57984|batch #57984]]: Import missing aliases from dewiki 1/3"
  2. 10w ago · Dirac · 2026-08-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → Coffin of Petosiris.jpg
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Image: Coffin of Petosiris.jpg, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/263154|batch #263154]]"
  3. 13w ago · Geagea · 2026-07-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    National library of israel j9u id → 987014796998805171
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ National library of israel j9u id: 987014796998805171, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1783595065105; Based on LC id in the National Library of Israel"
  4. 22w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Place of birth → Ancient Egypt
    Aliases → —
    Place of burial → tomb of Petosiris
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/30848|batch #30848]]: match CERL IDs on the basis of GND (5)"
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