Bakennefi III.
Bakennefi III. ( Ancient Egyptian Bak-en-nefi III ; Assyrian Bukunani'pi ), father of Inaros I , is the name of the ancient Egyptian prince of Athribis and Heliopolis , who lived from around 700 to 667 BC. BC ( third intermediate period ) ruled there. He took part in the uprising against Assurbanipal and was probably executed because Psammetich I from 667 to 664 BC. Is documented as a successor in Kemwer.
Bakennefi III. is occupied by a statue , as well as various objects, such as silver plates from the " Treasure of Athribis ". He also appears in a deified representation on an altar of Nectanebis. It is also attested by Assyrian sources and was around 674 BC. Involved in the fight against Azarhaddon . His deeds were probably taken into account as a novel motif in the story The Struggle for the Armor of Inaro .
See also
literature
- Thomas Schneider : Lexicon of the Pharaohs . Albatros, Düsseldorf 2002, ISBN 3-491-96053-3 , p. 91 .
- Kenneth Anderson Kitchen : The Third Intermediate Period in Egypt (1100-650 BC) . Aris & Phillips, 1996, ISBN 0-85668-298-5 .
- Friedhelm Hoffmann , Joachim Friedrich Quack : Anthology of demotic literature (= introductions and source texts on Egyptology. Volume 4). LIT, Berlin 2007, ISBN 3-8258-0762-2 .
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| SURNAME | Bakennefi III. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bakunani'pi |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Rulers of Herakleopolis and Kemwer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 8th century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 7th century BC Chr. |