Pinudjem I.

Name of Pinudjem I.
Pinudjem I. Karnak .
Horus name	Ka-nechet-meri-Amun K3-nḫt-mrj-Jmn Strong bull, lover of Amun Ka-nechet-chai-em-Waset K3-nḫt-ḫˁj-m-W3s.t Strong bull who appeared [= enthroned] in Thebes
Throne name	Cheper-chau-Re-setep-en-Amun Ḫpr-ḫˁw-Rˁ-stp.n-Jmn With realized appearances, a Re , chosen one of Amun
Proper name	Pinudjemmeriamun (Pinu djem meri Amun) P3j nḏm mrj Jmn The pleasant, lover of Amun

Pinudjem I , was during the 21st Dynasty ( Third Intermediate Period ) around 1070-1055 BC. Chr. High Priest of Amon in Thebes and about 1070, as well as of 1054 to 1032 v. King of Upper Egypt under the rule of Smendes I , Amenemnesut and Psusennes I.

Pinudjem I was the son of the high priest Pianch and the Hereret and was the successor of his brother-in-law Herihor high priest of Thebes. When Smendes in 1069 BC Chr. Pharaoh was, he reached the recognition of its sphere of influence through him, in return, he acknowledged his kingship. Since then he has been attested as the military commander-in-chief and governor of Upper Egypt from the fortress el-Hibeh to the island of Sehel near Aswan .

In 1054 BC His son Masaharta took over the office of high priest of Amun, while Pinudjem I regarded himself as king (according to KA Kitchen ), whereas according to another doctrine (Jansen-Winkeln) he had already done so since 1070 BC. Did.

literature

General

• Thomas Schneider : Lexicon of the Pharaohs. Albatros, Düsseldorf 2002, ISBN 3491960533 , pp. 198-199.

About the name

• Jürgen von Beckerath : Handbook of the Egyptian king names. 2nd edition, von Zabern, Mainz 1999, ISBN 3-8053-2591-6 , pp. 182-183.
• Rainer Hannig : Large Concise Dictionary Egyptian-German: (2800-950 BC). von Zabern, Mainz 2006, ISBN 3-8053-1771-9 , p. 1311.

Questions of detail

• Jürgen von Beckerath: Chronology of the pharaonic Egypt. von Zabern, Mainz 1997, ISBN 3805323107 , pp. 99-102.
• Aidan Dodson , Dyan Hilton: The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt. The American University in Cairo Press, London 2004, ISBN 977-424-878-3 , pp. 196-209.
• 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 ).

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predecessor	Office	successor
Herihor	Pharaoh of Egypt 21st Dynasty	Masaharta