Pediese, chief of the Ma

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{{Infobox Egyptian dignitary | Style = High Priest of Ptah in Memphis

| Name= Pediese

| Image = Louvre 032008 11.jpg

|Caption= Pediese. Closeup of the stele of the Year 28

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| Predecessor= Takelot B?

| Successor= Peftjauawybast

| Dynasty= 22nd Dynasty

| Pharaoh= Shoshenq III, Pami

| Father= Takelot B

| Mother= Tijesbastperu

| Wife= Her-Bast, Tairy

| Children= Peftjauawybast, Takelot D

| Burial=

}}

Pediese was a Chief of the Ma and a High Priest of Ptah under the Twenty-second Dynasty of Egypt, who was involved in the replacement of an Apis bull, which had died in the Year 28 of Shoshenq III,J. H. Breasted, Ancient Records of Egypt, Part Four, §§ 778ff. and again in the replacement of the subsequent Apis, in the Year 2 of Pami. Both the steles were found in the Serapeum of Saqqara and both are now in The Louvre.

His son Peftjauawybast succeeded him as High Priest of Ptah.Michael Rice, Who's Who in Ancient Egypt, Routledge 1999

File:Apis Shoshenq3 28 Mariette.jpg|Pediese in front of the dead Apis on the stele of the Year 28 of Shoshenq III (IM. 3749)

File:Stele of Year 2 of Pami, Louvre.jpg|Pediese appears again on the stele of the Year 2 of Pami

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