Psamtik II
Saite pharaoh who campaigned into Nubia and built extensively.
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Key facts and history
He was the son of Necho II.[2] Psamtik II led a foray into Nubia in 592 BC, marching as far south as the Third or even the Fourth Cataract of the Nile.[3] This was the first confrontation between Egypt and Nubia since the reign of Tantamani.[4] An outcome of this campaign was the deliberate destruction of monuments belonging to the 25th Dynasty Kushite kings in Egypt.[5]
Later, in 591 BC, Psamtik II launched an expedition into Palestine.[5] He died in 589 BC and was succeeded by his son Apries.[6] Psamtik II and Queen Takhut were also parents of Menekhubaste and Ankhnesneferibre.[6] In a series of fierce battles, the Egyptian army reached Pnubs (also called Kerma) and the Kushite capital Napata, where they plundered temples and smashed royal statues of the Kushite rulers.[4]
What the cited sources add
Ray's 1990 paper in The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology (pages 196–199) provides the king's Egyptian name and his Graeco-Roman forms.[1] Bonnet and Valbelle's 2005 book (pages 166–167) supports that this campaign was the first clash between Egypt and Nubia since Tantamani's reign, and also documents the sack of Napata.[4]
References
- Wikipedia, "Psamtik II" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Ray, "The names Psammetichus and Takheta", The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, 1990, p. 196–199 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Psamtik II" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Peter Clayton, Chronicle of the Pharaohs, Thames and Hudson, (1994). p. 195.; Roberto Gozzoli: Psammetichus II, Reign, Documents and Officials, London 2017, , p. 18 (the father-son relation is known from Herodotus and confirmed by an insc (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Psamtik II" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: The New Encyclopædia Britannica: Micropædia, 9, (15th ed), (2003). p. 756. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Psamtik II" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Charles Bonnet & Dominique Valbelle, The Nubian Pharaohs, The American University in Cairo Press, 2005. p. 166-167. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Psamtik II" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Britannica, p. 756.; Lloyd, Alan B., 'The Late Period' in The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt (ed. Ian Shaw), Oxford Univ. Press 2002 paperback, p.381; Kahn, "Some Remarks on the Foreign Policy of Psammetichus II in the Levant (595–589 B.C.)", Journal of Egyptian History, 2008, p. 139–157 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Psamtik II" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Settipani, Christian. Nos ancêtres de l'Antiquité, (1991). pp. 153 & 161.; Bonnet & Valbelle, p. 170. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
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