Iupet

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Iupet was high priest of Amun of Thebes during the 22nd Dynasty ( Third Intermediate Period ) around 944-924 BC. He was a son of Scheschonq I. His other titles were general , army leader and, according to later evidence, chief of Upper Egypt .

For the first time Iupet is mentioned in the year 10 in the bandages of the mummy of the "Djedpathiufanch". In the 21st year of the reign he is mentioned on the large stele in Silsila and in Karnak there are relief representations of the high priest. His cenotaph was discovered in Abydos .

literature

  • Aidan Dodson , Dyan Hilton: The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt. Thames & Hudson, London 2004, ISBN 0-500-05128-3 , p. 219.
  • Karl Jansen-Winkeln : The Chronology of the Third Intermediate Period: Dyns 22-24. In: Erik Hornung, Rolf Krauss, David A. Warburton (eds.): Ancient Egyptian Chronology (= Handbook of Oriental studies. Section One. The Near and Middle East. Volume 83). Brill, Leiden / Boston 2006, ISBN 978-90-04-11385-5 , pp. 234-264 ( online ).
  • Thomas Schneider : Lexicon of the Pharaohs. Artemis & Winkler, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-7608-1102-7 , p. 139.
personal data
SURNAME Iupet
BRIEF DESCRIPTION High priest of Amun
DATE OF BIRTH 10th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 9th century BC Chr.