Penamun
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| Merytawy Penamun; Merytawyre Penamun | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
![Drawing of the block of Penamun, from Kom Abu Billo[1]](/File:Block_Penamun_Naville.jpg) Drawing of the block of Penamun, from Kom Abu Billo[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Merytawy Penamun was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh whose datation is extremely uncertain.
Identification
Penamun does not appear on any
According to
nomen within the same cartouche, and that the lost portion on it could have contained the hieroglyph for "Re" (N5 in Gardiner's sign list) i.e. the standard suffix for pharaonic praenomina, thus becoming a Merytawyre.[2][4]
Basing on orthographic grounds, Kenneth Kitchen rather opts for a later dating for Penamun, believing that he should have ruled during the Persian period (started with the 27th Dynasty, 525–404 BC) or perhaps even later.[3]
References
- ^ ISBN 3-8053-2591-6., pp. 212-13
- ^ ISBN 0-85668-298-5., § 79
- ISBN 3-7608-1102-7., p. 190