king Psamtek II

Psamtek II Neferibre
(595-589 BC)

King of the Twenty-sixth Dynasty

Horus name: Menkhib
Nebty name: User-a
Golden Falcon name: Senefertawy
Prenomen: Neferibre
Nomen: Psamtek

Burial place: Unknown (Sais?)

Attestations in the Petrie Museum:

Stela, UC 14536 (click on the image)

Relief, probably belonging to Psamtek II (click on the image to see a larger image)

Further Attestations:

Additions to the Neit temple at Sais (Arnold 1999: 76)
Several blocks with the name of the king found at El-Naharya, 15 km South of Sais (Arnold 1999: 76)
Temple at El-Mahalla el-Kubra (Arnold 1999: 76)
Pair of obeliks at Heliopolis (Arnold 1999: 76)
Oldest know remains on Philae (Arnold 1999: 76)
Blocks from temples found at several sites: Abydos, Karnak, Elephantine (Arnold 1999: 76)
Founder of the temple at Hibis, El-Kharga oasis (Arnold 1999: 77)
Mentioned in a rock inscription near Konossos and on Elephantine (de Morgan 1894: 69.4; 114)
Bronze door corner found at Memphis (Petrie/Mackay/Wainwright 1910: pl. XXXII.3)

Bibliography:

Arnold 1999: 75-79 (on the building activity of the king in Egypt)
Herodotus II, 160-161 (the Greek historian is, though not always very reliable, one of the main sources for the history of the Late Period)
Mysliwiec 2000: 119-122
Petrie 1905: 340-342 (list of sources then known)