Peftjauawybast
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Herakleopolis Magna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reign | c. 754 - c. 720 BCE[1]: Tab.16B | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Predecessor | Takelot III (as ruler of Herakleopolis)[1]: Tab.16B | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Successor | Pediese (not directly) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Consort | Irbastudjanefu, Tasheritenese | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Children | daughters Sopdetemhaawt and Iruatj | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Peftjauawybast
Biography
He was likely installed as governor of the town during the
For this ruler two donation
At the time of Piye's campaign of conquest (729 BCE), Middle and Lower Egypt were contended by two factions: Piye and his allies/vassals, and the coalition led by prince Tefnakht, the future founder of the 24th Dynasty. Since Peftjauawybast was faithful to the Kushite king,[1]: 198 Tefnakht's troops besieged Herakleopolis. Piye, however, was already marching to Lower Egypt and after capturing Hermopolis he came to help his vassal, who joyfully welcomed him.[1]: 325
Peftjauawybast appears on Piye's 'Victory stele' unearthed at Jebel Barkal, where he is depicted as one of the four "kings" submitted by the Kushite conqueror; the other were Osorkon IV of Tanis, Iuput II of Leontopolis and Nimlot of Hermopolis.[5]
His succession is obscure, since we have no records until the installation of
References
- ^ ISBN 0-85668-298-5.
- ^ a b Kneeling statuette of King Peftjauawybast. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
- ^ Raphaële Meffre. UNE PRINCESSE HÉRACLÉOPOLITAINE DE L’ÉPOQUE LIBYENNE: SOPDET(EM)HAAOUT . Revue d'egyptologie, Peeters Publishers, 2009, 60, pp.215-221
- CairoJE 45948; TN 11/9/21/4.
- ^ Alan B. Lloyd (ed), A companion of Ancient Egypt, vol. 1, Wiley-Blackwell 2010, p. 135.
Further reading
- Robert Morkot and Peter James, Peftjauawybast, King of Nen-Nesut: Genealogy, Art History, and the Chronology of Late Libyan Egypt, in: Antiguo Oriente 7 (2009), 13–55.
