Haremakhet
| Haremakhet | |
|---|---|
Tanutamani | |
| Father | Shabaka |
| Mother | Tabaktenamun? |
| Children | Harkhebi |
Haremakhet (also Horemakhet or, in
Biography
A son of pharaoh
Haremakhet is mainly known from a statue discovered in the Great Temple cachette at Karnak, formerly exhibited at the Cairo Egyptian Museum (CG 42204 / JE 38580) and now at the Nubian Museum of Aswan. On the statue, he is referred as
- King’s son of Shabaka, justified, who loves him, Sole Confidant of king Taharqa, justified, Director of the palace of the king of Upper and Lower Egypt Tanutamani, may he live for ever.[2]
Noticeably, in this inscription king Shebitku – who was commonly assumed to have ruled between Shabaka and Taharqa – is completely absent. Indeed, the inscription was among the seminal evidence supporting the 2010s chronological switch between the reigns of Shabaka and Shebitku, with Shebitku reigning first and Shabaka succeeding him.[2][3]
After his death, Haremakhet was succeeded by his son Harkhebi, who is known to have been in charge as High Priest of Amun at the time of
References
- ^ ISBN 0-85668-298-5. § 157
- ^ a b Broekman, Gerard P. F. (2015). "The order of succession between Shabaka and Shabataka. A different view on the chronology of the Twenty-fifth Dynasty". Göttinger Miszellen. 245: 17–31.
- ^ Payraudeau, Frédéric (2014). "Retour sur la succession Shabaqo-Shabataqo". NeHeT. 1: 115–127.