Smendes II
| Nesbanebdjed II | |||||||||||
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High Priest of Amun | |||||||||||
| Reign | 992–990 BC | ||||||||||
| Predecessor | Menkheperre | ||||||||||
| Successor | Pinedjem II | ||||||||||
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| Consort | 21st Dynasty | ||||||||||
Smendes II was a
Biography
The name Smendes is a
Smendes I, and from the later, namesake High Priest of Amun, Smendes III
.
Smendes was one of the sons of High Priest Menkheperre and Princess Isetemkheb, the daughter of Psusennes I.[2] He married his sister Henuttawy C and had a daughter, Isetemkheb E; another wife, Takhentdjehuti bore him Neskhons, who would be the wife of his brother and successor Pinedjem II.[2][3]
His pontificate was short and left few traces, missing, for instance from the annals of Egyptian historian
scribe's palette now at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (47.123a–g),[4][1] and a bronze kneeling statuette exhibited at the Musée royal de Mariemont (ref. B242).[5]
He was succeeded by his brother Pinedjem II.
References
- ^ ISBN 0-500-05128-3., p.207
- ^ a b Dodson & Hilton, pp.200-201
- ^ Aidan Dodson, Monarchs of the Nile, American Univ. in Cairo Press 2000, p.160
- ^ Palette inscribed for Smendes, High Priest of Amun, at the MMA
- ^ Claire Derriks, Choix d'œuvres 50, Égypte. Mariemont, 1990, n.26