Pharaoh.SEPHARAOH.SE

Psamtik I

The second pharaoh of the Twenty-Sixth Dynasty
Prenomen: Wahibra
Also known as: Psammetichus I
Accession 664 BC
End of reign 610 BC
Duration 54 years

Titulary & Hieroglyphs

aA-ib
Aa ib
ꜤꜢ-ib
"Strong-minded"
Caminos, The Nitocris Adoption Stela, JEA 50 (1964): pl. 8:6
Beckerath, “Handbuch”:214-215, 1:H1·Lepsius, “Denkmäler aus Ägypten und Äthiopien”:III, 270b
aA-jb
A
Aa ib
ꜤꜢ-ꞽb
"Strong-minded"
Chassinat, Textes provenant du Sérapéum de Memphis, REC 22 (1900): 166
Beckerath, “Handbuch”:214-215, 1:H2
aA-jb
B
Aa ib
ꜤꜢ-ꞽb
"Strong-minded"
Beckerath, “Handbuch”:214-215, 1:H3·Lepsius, “Denkmäler aus Ägypten und Äthiopien”:III, 270b
aA-jb
C
Aa ib
ꜤꜢ-ꞽb
"Strong-minded"
Breccia, Les fouilles dans le Sérapéum d’Alexandrie en 1905-1906, ASAE 8 (1907): 64
Beckerath, “Handbuch”:214-215, 1:H4
nb-a
Neb a
nb-Ꜥ
"Possessor of a (strong) arm"
Caminos, The Nitocris Adoption Stela, JEA 50 (1964): pl. 9:13
Beckerath, “Handbuch”:214-215, 1:N1
nb-a
A
Neb a
nb-Ꜥ
"Possessor of a (strong) arm"
Breccia, Les fouilles dans le Sérapéum d’Alexandrie en 1905-1906, ASAE 8 (1907): 64
Beckerath, “Handbuch”:214-215, 1:N2·Lepsius, “Denkmäler aus Ägypten und Äthiopien”:III, 270b
nb-a
B
Neb a
nb-Ꜥ
"Possessor of a (strong) arm"
Brugsch, Thesaurus inscriptionum Aegyptiacarum (1884), IV, 738
Beckerath, “Handbuch”:214-215, 1:N3
qnw
Qenu
ḳnw
"The brave one"
Beckerath, “Handbuch”:214-215, 1:G1·Lepsius, “Denkmäler aus Ägypten und Äthiopien”:III, 270b
qnw
A
Qenu
ḳnw
"The brave one"
Breccia, Les fouilles dans le Sérapéum d’Alexandrie en 1905-1906, ASAE 8 (1907): 64
Beckerath, “Handbuch”:214-215, 1:G2
qnw
B
Qenu
ḳnw
"The brave one"
Brugsch, Thesaurus inscriptionum Aegyptiacarum (1884), IV, 738
Beckerath, “Handbuch”:214-215, 1:G3
wAH-jb-ra
Wah ib Ra
wꜢḥ-ꞽb-rꜤ
"The enduring one is the (very) mind of Ra"
PASSIM
Beckerath, “Handbuch”:214-215, 1:T1
wAH-jb-ra
Wah ib Ra
wꜢḥ-ꞽb-rꜤ
Beckerath, “Handbuch”:214-215, 1:T2
psmtk
Psemtek
psmtk
"Psamtik"
Brugsch, Thesaurus inscriptionum Aegyptiacarum (1884), IV, 738
Beckerath, “Handbuch”:214-215, 1:E1
psmtk
A
Psemtek
psmtk
"Psamtik"
Beckerath, “Handbuch”:214-215, 1:E2·Lepsius, “Denkmäler aus Ägypten und Äthiopien”:III, 270b
psmtk
B
Psemtek
psmtk
"Psamtik"
Kofoed-Petersen, Glyptotheque Ny Carlsberg 3, (1950), pl. 106
Beckerath, “Handbuch”:214-215, 1:E3

Sources of antiquity

Author Greek Transcription Reign
Africanus  xxvi, 4 Ψαμμητιχος Psammetichus 54 years
Eusebius  xxvi, 5 Ψαμμητιχος Psammetichus 45 years
Jerome Psammeticus 44 years
Herodotus  151.2 Ψαμμητιχος Psammetichus 54 years

References