Iuwelot

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Iuwelot was a son of Osorkon I and around 894 to 884 BC. Chr. 22 Dynasty ( Third Intermediate Period ) High Priest of Amun in Thebes . He was the younger brother of Sheschonq II , who was his predecessor in this office. His successor was his brother Smendes III.

Iuwelot is referred to as a youth in the 10th year of his father's reign and is mentioned on a statue of his son-in-law Pedimut II, which was found in the temple of Karnak and is now in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo . According to other mentions, he owned land in West Thebes .

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. 140.
personal data
SURNAME Iuwelot
BRIEF DESCRIPTION High priest of Amun
DATE OF BIRTH 10th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 9th century BC Chr.