Pharaoh.SEPHARAOH.SE

Psamtik II

The fourth pharaoh of the Twenty-Sixth Dynasty
Prenomen: Neferibra
Also known as: Psammetichus II
Accession 595 BC
End of reign 589 BC
Duration 6 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-ib-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

Author Greek Transcription Reign
Africanus  xxvi, 6 Ψαμμουθις Psammuthis 6 years
Eusebius  xxvi, 7 Ψαμμουθις Psammuthis II 17 years
Jerome Psammites also called Psammeticus 12 years
Herodotus  159.3 Ψαμμι Psammis 6 years

References