Pharaoh.SEPHARAOH.SE

Psamtik II in hieroglyphs

fourth pharaoh of the Twenty-Sixth Dynasty
Prenomen: Neferibra
Also known as: Psammetichus II
Accession595 BC
End of reign589 BC
Duration6 years

Titulary & Hieroglyphs

mnx-jb
Menekh ib
mnḫ-ꞽb
"Splendid of mind"
Young, Hieroglyphics (1828), II, pl. 63
ASAE, 11, 192
Beckerath, Handbuch: 216-217, 3:H1
wsr-a
User a
wsr-Ꜥ
"Strong-armed"
Daressy, Quelques inscriptions provenant de Bubastis, ASAE 11 (1911): 192
Beckerath, Handbuch: 216-217, 3:N1
wsr-a
User a
wsr-Ꜥ
"Strong-armed"
Young, Hieroglyphics (1828), II, pl. 63
Beckerath, Handbuch: 216-217, 3:N2
snfr-tAwj
Senefer tawy
snfr-tꜢwꞽ
"Who has made the Two Lands perfect"
Young, Hieroglyphics (1828), II, pl. 63
Beckerath, Handbuch: 216-217, 3:G2
nfr-ib-ra
Nefer ib Ra
nfr-ꞽb-rꜤ
"The perfect one is the (very) mind of Ra"
Young, Hieroglyphics (1828), II, pl. 63
Beckerath, Handbuch: 216-217, 3:T1
psmtk
Psemtek
psmtk
"Psamtik"
Young, Hieroglyphics (1828), II, pl. 63
Beckerath, Handbuch: 216-217, 3:E1

Sources of antiquity

AuthorGreekTranscriptionReign
Africanus xxvi, 6ΨαμμουθιςPsammuthis6 years
Eusebius xxvi, 7ΨαμμουθιςPsammuthis II17 years
JeromePsammites also called Psammeticus12 years
Herodotus 159.3ΨαμμιPsammis6 years

References