Smendes III.

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Smendes III. (also Nesibanebdjedet III. ) was a son of Osorkon I and around 884 to 874 BC. Chr. 22 Dynasty ( Third Intermediate Period ) High Priest of Amun in Thebes and followed his brother Iuwelot in this office.

Smendes III. is only known from Nilstands brands from Karnak , which date to the 8th, 13th and 14th year of his brother Takelot I's reign . The assignment of a writing palette that is located in New York is uncertain. Georges Posener assigns this to Smendes II .

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. 221.
personal data
SURNAME Smendes III.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION High priest of Amun
DATE OF BIRTH 10th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 9th century BC Chr.