Ptahmose

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Ptahmose (died 38 BCE) was an Egyptian official and member of the Order of the Ancients that operated under the cryptonym The Mason, and who served Gaius Julius Rufio in the Sinai, overseeing construction projects in the city of Arsinoe in Egypt.

Biography

In 38 BCE, Ptahmose was instructed by Rufio to superintend various enterprises to demolish Egyptian landmarks across the Sinai, in order to expend the raw materials in the production of Roman infrastructure, and sell the artifacts to fund Roman war efforts. His particular role in the Order of the Ancients was to find and collect shards of a star, this being his genuine impetus for ravaging Amenmesse's pyramid. Ptahmose was assassinated in his camp in Arsinoe by the Hidden One Bayek of Siwa, thus stopping his pillaging of Egyptian temples and monuments.

Personality and characteristics

Ptahmose was an enterprising and pitiless man. He pushed his workers too hard, and when someone stepped out of line, they were made an example of. In fact, he showed barely more concern for the well-beings of his servants as he did his Nabataean rebel prisoners, whom he instructed his guards to interrogate via torture.

Despite being an Egyptian, Ptahmose felt no affection for his people or culture, and was willing to both demolish ancient Egyptian monuments to cannibalise the raw materials, and to sell sacred Egyptian artifacts to fund the Roman war machine.

In his final moments, Ptahmose expressed fear and disbelief in Bayek's advent, referring to him as "the blades of Thoth" and believing the former Medjay to be an avenging proxy of the gods that sought to punish him for his role in the desecration of hallowed Egyptian structures and artifacts. Despite his dismay, Ptahmose felt no remorse for his actions, insisting that the Order would last forever, as he told Bayek before his death at the Hidden One's hand.

Trivia

• Ptahmose's name, transliterated as ptḥ-ms, means "Ptah is born". Like other Egyptian members of the Order of the Ancients, his name is ironic, as Ptah was the Egyptian god of craftsmanship, architecture, artisanry and creation, and Ptahmose sought to destroy Egyptian buildings and monuments to repurpose the raw materials.

• Ptahmose's cryptonym was "The Mason", and the Egyptian god Ptah was the patron of masons and stoneworkers.

Gallery

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  Concept art of Ptahmose

Appearances

• Assassin's Creed: Origins – The Hidden Ones