Psammetich III.

Name of Psammetich III.

Throne name

Ankh-ka-en-Re
ˁnḫ-k3-n-Rˁ
With a living Ka , a Re

Proper name

Psammetich
psmt [j] k

Greek
for Manetho

Psammicherites

Psammetich III. (also Psammenit, Psammenitus) was the last pharaoh (king) of the ancient Egyptian 26th Dynasty (Saïten Dynasty) and ruled from 526 to 525 BC. Chr.

Life

Fragment of a stone relief on which the cartouche of Psammetichs III. can be seen (Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto)

Psammetich III. was the son of Amasis and Queen Takheta. During his father's lifetime he was in command of the Egyptian fleet and succeeded him as the Egyptian king after his father's death. After a reign of only six months he was taken over by the Persian King Cambyses II in 525 BC. Defeated at Pelusion . This defeat is attributed to the betrayal of the Egyptian defenses by the mercenary leader Phanes of Halicarnassus . Psammetich III. was shortly afterwards besieged in Memphis and forced to give up his office. After the conquest of the city, Cambyses II had 2,000 wealthy residents killed, but treated Psammetich III out of pity. at first gracious. However, when he called on the Egyptians to resist the Persians, he was condemned, according to Herodotus (III, 15), to "drinking bull's blood" in 523 BC. To kill.

progeny

According to Herodotus records, Psammetich III fathered. with his wife a daughter and a son named Amasis. However, there are no other sources about them.

supporting documents

Due to his short reign, few monuments of Psammetich III are left. known.

literature

Leo Depuydt : Saite and Persian Egypt, 664 BC-332 BC (Dyns. 26-31, Psammetichus I to Alexander's Conquest of Egypt). 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. 265-283 ( online ).
Alan H. Gardiner : History of Ancient Egypt. Weltbild, Munich 1993, ISBN 3-89350-723-X
Friedrich Karl Kienitz : The political history of Egypt from the 7th to the 4th century before the turn of the times. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1953, license no. 202 * 100/29/52.
Thomas Schneider : Lexicon of the Pharaohs. Albatros, Düsseldorf 2002, ISBN 3-491-96053-3 , p. 202.
Christian Settipani : Nos ancêtres de l'Antiquité. Étude des possibilités de liens généalogiques entre les familles de l'Antiquité et celles du haut Moyen-Age européen. Christian, Paris 1991, ISBN 2-86496-050-6 .

Web links

Commons : Psammetich III. - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

predecessor	Office	successor
Amasis	Pharaoh of Egypt 26th Dynasty	Cambyses II

personal data
SURNAME	Psammetich III.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	last pharaoh of the Egyptian 26th dynasty
DATE OF BIRTH	6th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	525 BC Chr.