Rudamun
| Rudamun | |
|---|---|
 A small glass vase with the cartouches of Rudamun | |
| Pharaoh | |
| Reign | 2–3 years |
| Predecessor | Takelot III |
| Successor | Ini |
| Children | Irbastudjanefu |
| Father | Osorkon III |
| Died | 739 BC |
| Dynasty | 23rd Dynasty |
Rudamun was the final pharaoh of the Twenty-third Dynasty of Egypt. His titulary simply reads as Usermaatre Setepenamun, Rudamun Meryamun, and excludes the Si-Ese or Netjer-Heqawaset epithets employed by his father and brother.
Biography
He was the younger son of
Herakleopolis Magna to Thebes
during his brief reign.
Some
Von Beckerath inspected the document in 1953 and assumed the surviving traces on the Text No. 3 referred to a king Shoshenq, rather than a Takelot.[6]
Soon after Rudamun's death, his kingdom quickly fragmented into several minor city states under the control of various local kings such as
Herakleopolis Magna, Nimlot at Hermopolis, and Ini at Thebes. Peftjaubast married Irbastudjanefu, Rudamun's daughter, and was, therefore, Rudamun's son-in-law.[5]
Nothing is known about Rudamun's final burial place. The surviving contemporary information from his reign suggests that it was quite brief.
References
- ISBN 0-500-28628-0
- ^ Perdu, Olivier; "Le Roi Roudamon en personne!" ("King Rudamun in Person!"), RdE 53 (2002), pp.151-178.
- ^ Claus Jurman, Die Namen des Rudjamun in der Kapelle des Osiris-Hekadjet. Bemerkungen der 3. Zwischenzeit un dem Wadi Gasus-Graffito, GM 210 (2006), pp.69-91
- ^ Jurman, GM 210, pp.68-91
- ^ a b Broekman, Gerard, "The Chronological Position of King Shoshenq Mentioned in Nile Level Record No. 3 on the Quay Wall of the Great Temple of Amun at Karnak", SAK 33 (2005)
- ^ http://disc.server.com/discussion.cgi?disc=177754;article=4534;title=The%20Ancient%20Near%20Eastern%20Chronology%20Forum Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine The Ancient Near Eastern Chronology Forum, accessed September 3, 2007
Further reading
- Kitchen, K.A.; The Third Intermediate Period in Egypt (1100–650 BC) 2nd edition( 1986), Warminster: Aris & Phillips Limited, p. 360.
- Payraudeau, Frédéric; 'Le règne de Takélot III et les débuts de la domination Koushite,' ("The reign of Takelot III and the beginning of Kushite control") GM 198(2004), pp. 79–90.[1]
- Perdu, Olivier; "Le Roi Roudamon en personne!" (King Rudamun in Person), RdE 53(2002), pp. 151–178
- Olaf Kaper and Robert Demarée, "A Donation Stela in the Name of Takeloth III from Amheida, Dakhleh Oasis," JEOL (Jaarbericht Ex Oriente Lux) 39 [2005], pp. 19–37 [2]