Petuabastis, a name given to several kings of the Third Intermediate Period and Late period, meaning "gift of Bast."
Petuabastis I:
Petuabastis I (r. 813-C.773 BCE) first king of the twenty-third (Tanite or Libyan) dynasty of the Third Intermediate Period. The third-century BCE Egyptian historian Manetho called the dynasty Tanite, pinpointing the city of Tanis, in the eastern Nile Delta, as the place of family origin (not its capital), implying that it was an offshoot of the twenty-second dynasty. The relationship of Petuabastis I to Sheshonq III is unknown, although they may have been brothers. The seat of the twenty-third dynasty, however, is not certain. Its last ruler, luput II, was named after Petuabastis I's coregent luput I, who reigned at Leontopolis (Tell Moqdam) as Piya's victory stela indicates; the burial of a Queen Kama(ma), mother of Osorkon III(?), was found at Tell Moqdam. Petuabastis I and his entire line probably reigned at Tell Moqdam, other monuments of theirs are known from the Nile Delta and Memphis and not only from Thebes, where it has been suggested that the dynasty may have reigned. In his fifteenth and sixteenth years of reign, Petuabastis I had a short-lived co-regent, luput I. The separate regime of Petuabastis I enabled the rebellious Thebans to withdraw recognition of the twenty-second dynasty kings in favor of the new line.
Petuabastis II:
This local king in Tanis is known from inscriptions at Tanis, an unfinished statue at Memphis, and blocks at the museum in Copenhagen. Petuabastis II was encountered in Tanis by Assurbanipal, king of Assyria, in 667-666 BCE, and dethroned by him in 665 BCE. He recurred in later Egyptian tradition in four of six Demotic tales in the Inaros-Petuabastis Cycle. The known manuscripts are of Greco-Roman date; one of them also names Esarhaddon of Assyria.
Petuabastis III:
A minor rebel king of the First Persian Occupation, or twenty-seventh dynasty, Late period, Se-heribre Petuabastis III had a reign of uncertain date. He may have been in power as early as the end of the reign of either Cambyses, who ruled from 525 to 522 BCE, or Darius I, who ruled from 521 to 486 BCE.
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· Pan-Grave People and Culture
· Pepinakht Heqaib
· Personal Hygiene in Ancient Egypt
· Perfumes and Unguents in Ancient Egypt
· Petamenophis
· Petosiris
· Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie
Petuabastis I:
Petuabastis I (r. 813-C.773 BCE) first king of the twenty-third (Tanite or Libyan) dynasty of the Third Intermediate Period. The third-century BCE Egyptian historian Manetho called the dynasty Tanite, pinpointing the city of Tanis, in the eastern Nile Delta, as the place of family origin (not its capital), implying that it was an offshoot of the twenty-second dynasty. The relationship of Petuabastis I to Sheshonq III is unknown, although they may have been brothers. The seat of the twenty-third dynasty, however, is not certain. Its last ruler, luput II, was named after Petuabastis I's coregent luput I, who reigned at Leontopolis (Tell Moqdam) as Piya's victory stela indicates; the burial of a Queen Kama(ma), mother of Osorkon III(?), was found at Tell Moqdam. Petuabastis I and his entire line probably reigned at Tell Moqdam, other monuments of theirs are known from the Nile Delta and Memphis and not only from Thebes, where it has been suggested that the dynasty may have reigned. In his fifteenth and sixteenth years of reign, Petuabastis I had a short-lived co-regent, luput I. The separate regime of Petuabastis I enabled the rebellious Thebans to withdraw recognition of the twenty-second dynasty kings in favor of the new line.
Petuabastis II:
This local king in Tanis is known from inscriptions at Tanis, an unfinished statue at Memphis, and blocks at the museum in Copenhagen. Petuabastis II was encountered in Tanis by Assurbanipal, king of Assyria, in 667-666 BCE, and dethroned by him in 665 BCE. He recurred in later Egyptian tradition in four of six Demotic tales in the Inaros-Petuabastis Cycle. The known manuscripts are of Greco-Roman date; one of them also names Esarhaddon of Assyria.
Petuabastis III:
A minor rebel king of the First Persian Occupation, or twenty-seventh dynasty, Late period, Se-heribre Petuabastis III had a reign of uncertain date. He may have been in power as early as the end of the reign of either Cambyses, who ruled from 525 to 522 BCE, or Darius I, who ruled from 521 to 486 BCE.
Recent Pages:
· Pan-Grave People and Culture
· Pepinakht Heqaib
· Personal Hygiene in Ancient Egypt
· Perfumes and Unguents in Ancient Egypt
· Petamenophis
· Petosiris
· Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie