King of the Twenty-fifth Dynasty. First Napatan king to rule over Egypt: the campaign in which he defeated his enemies in Egypt is vividly described in the Egyptian hieroglyphic inscription on a great stela set up at the Amun temple in Gebel Barkal. It is not certain to what extent he controlled all regions of Egypt following this conquest.

Attestations in the Petrie Museum:

Mentioned on the shabti of the 'Divine Adoratrice' Shepenwepet I .

Further Attestations:

• Great stela recording his conquest of Egypt; from Gebel Barkal, now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo (Grimal 1981)

Bibliography:

• Kitchen 1986: 363-371 § 325-331
• Morkot 2000 167-201 (summary on his reign)
• Mysliwiec 2000: 73-85
• Török 1997: 136-137 (list of monuments)

wife: Tabiry

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