Pedubast III

The fifth pharaoh of the Unplaced Dynasty

Prenomen: Seheruibra

Also known as: Petubastis IV

A native pharaoh, probably from the old royal Saite line, who attempted to seize power from the Persian invaders around 520 BC. Excavations in 2015 at the Dakhla Oasis suggest that Petubastis may have had his royal residence there, far from the Nile valley which was under Persian control

Titulary & Hieroglyphs

Seheru ib Ra

shrw-ib-rꜤ

Yoyotte, Pétoubastis III, Revue d'Egyptologie 24 (1972): 216-223, pl. 19

Beckerath, “Handbuch”:222-223, a:T1

Pa di bastet

pꜢ-di-bꜢstt

"The gift from Bastet"

Yoyotte, Pétoubastis III, Revue d'Egyptologie 24 (1972): 216-223, pl. 19

Beckerath, “Handbuch”:222-223, a:E

References

Kaper, Olaf E. (2015). Petubastis IV in the Dakhla Oasis: New Evidence about an Early Rebellion against Persian Rule and Its Suppression in Political Memory, in Silverman, Jason M.; Waerzeggers, Caroline (eds.). Political memory in and after the Persian empire. pp. 125–149.