Mencheperre

Name of Mencheperre
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Mencheperre was the son of the king of Upper Egypt , Pinudjem I , and around 1045 to 992 BC. During the 21st Dynasty ( Third Intermediate Period ) " High Priest of Amun " in Thebes and as this successor to his brother Djedchonsiuefanch .

Other siblings were Psusennes I , the " Consort of Amun " Maatkare and Masaharta .

Little is known about the time of his reign. He carried the title of "King of Upper and Lower Egypt ", which was otherwise reserved for the Pharaoh , and had several fortresses and forts built in Middle Egypt . On the " Stele of the Exiles " from the Karnak Temple it is reported that Mencheperre had a wall built around the temple area there to protect it from the spreading residential buildings.

literature

Jürgen von Beckerath : Chronology of Pharaonic Egypt - The determination of the time of Egyptian history from prehistoric times to 332 BC. BC (= Munich Egyptological Studies . Volume 46 ). von Zabern, Mainz 1997, ISBN 3-8053-2310-7 , p. 99-102 .
Jürgen von Beckerath: Handbook of Egyptian King Names (= Munich Egyptological Studies . Volume 49 ). 2nd improved and enlarged edition. von Zabern, Mainz 1999, ISBN 3-8053-2591-6 , p. 182/183 .
Karl Jansen-Winkeln : Relative Chronology of Dyn. 21. 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. 218-233 ( online ).
Thomas Schneider : Lexicon of the Pharaohs . Albatros, Düsseldorf 2002, ISBN 3-491-96053-3 , p. 153 .

predecessor	Office	successor
Djedchonsiuefanch	Pharaoh of Egypt 21st Dynasty	Smendes II.

personal data
SURNAME	Mencheperre
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	High Priest of Thebes
DATE OF BIRTH	11th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	10th century BC Chr.