Petubastis III

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Seheruibre Padibastet
Pedubast III, Pedubastis III, Petubastis III
Darius I[2]
Royal titulary
Horus name
Sementawy
smn tꜢwy
He who controls the
Two Lands[3]
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smn
n		 U32N17
N17
N21 N21
Nebty name
Sehedj Er-Peru
sḥḏ r-prw
He who illuminates the temples[3]
G16
t
H8		 sT3I10
N5		 r
p		 pr
Z2
Prenomen  (Praenomen)
Seheruibre
shrw ib rꜥ
Maker of peace in the heart of Ra
M23L2
N5z
O4		 r
ib
Nomen
Padibastet
pꜣ-dj-bꜣstt
Given by Bastet[4]
G39N5
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t
Dynasty
27th Dynasty[5]

Seheruibre Padibastet (Ancient Egyptian: shrw-

Persian rule.[2]

Biography

Petubastis was a local

old royal Saite line who attempted to take control of Egypt and seize power.[6] Although he assumed the royal titles and the titulary of a pharaoh, he has been a largely unknown character and a shadowy figure in Egyptian history.[6]

Recent excavations at Amheida in the

sand storm
.

Shortly after this, Petubastis would have reached Memphis in order to be formally crowned as pharaoh, and adopted a royal titulary resembling those of the previous Saite Dynasty.[3]

Petubastis probably took advantage of the disruption caused by the usurpation by

taxation imposed by the then Persian satrap Aryandes
that led to the revolt.

The

Great King promised one hundred talents of gold for the one that would provide a new Apis, impressing the natives to the point that they moved en masse to his side.[8] This story suggests that the rebellion was not yet quelled when Darius came to Egypt in 518 BC.[3]

Petubastis was ultimately defeated by Darius, who later ensured the control of the western oases by embarking on an active campaign of works there (the most famous being the Temple of Hibis at Kharga Oasis). At the same time, he most likely destroyed as much evidence as he could regarding Petubastis and his rebellion, including the temple at Amheida and the true fate of the lost army of Cambyses.[3]

Attestations

Prior to the rediscovery of several blocks referring to him in the Dakhla Oasis,

Bologna (KS 289).[1] There also exists a document that has been dated to 522 BC, which was the first year of his reign.[6]

See also

  • Psammetichus IV – a proposed Egyptian ruler who rebelled against the Achaemenid rule in the 480s BC
  • Inaros II – another Egyptian ruler who rebelled against the Achaemenid rule in the 460s BC

References

  1. ^ a b Jean Yoyotte: Pétoubastis III, Revue d'Egyptologie 24 (1972): pp. 216-223, plate 19
  2. ^ a b c d "Ancient Egypt: History and Chronology, 27th dynasty".
  3. ^
    ISBN 978-0-88414-089-4
    .
  4. ^ Hermann Ranke: Die ägyptischen Personennamen. Verlag von J. J. Augustin in Glückstadt, 1935, p.123
  5. ^ Placed in this dynasty only for chronological reasons, as he was not related to the Achaemenids.
  6. ^ a b c Eiddon Stephen Edwards, The Cambridge Ancient History, Cambridge University Press, 2005, p 262
  7. ^ Clayton,P, Chronicle of the Pharaohs, Thames & Hudson, 2006
  8. ^ Polyaenus, Stratagems VII, 11 §7.

Further reading

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pedubast Seheruibre.
  • Uzume Z. Wijnsma (2018), "The Worst Revolt of the Bisitun Crisis: A Chronological Reconstruction of the Egyptian Revolt under Petubastis IV". Journal of Near Eastern Studies 77 (2), pp. 157–173.
Preceded by
Twenty-seventh Dynasty
 Succeeded by
Darius I
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