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Shabaka

The second pharaoh of the Twenty-Fifth Dynasty
Prenomen: Neferkara
Also known as: Sabacon
Accession 721 BC
End of reign 707 BC
Duration 14 years
Recent archaeological evidence now favours a Shebitko-Shabaka succession against the Shabaka-Shebitko tradition.

Titulary & Hieroglyphs

sbq-tAwj
Sebaq tawy
sbḳ-tꜢwꞽ
"The one who has blessed the Two Lands"
Beckerath, The Nile Level Records at Karnak and their Importance, JARCE 5: 52:30
Beckerath, “Handbuch”:206-207, 4:H
sbq-tAwi
Sebaq tawy
sbḳ-tꜢwi
"The one who has blessed the Two Lands"
Beckerath, The Nile Level Records at Karnak and their Importance, JARCE 5: 52:30
Beckerath, “Handbuch”:206-207, 4:N
sbq-tAwj
Sebaq tawy
sbḳ-tꜢwꞽ
"The one who has blessed the Two Lands"
Beckerath, The Nile Level Records at Karnak and their Importance, JARCE 5: 52:30
Beckerath, “Handbuch”:206-207, 4:G
nfr-kA-ra
Nefer ka Ra
nfr-kꜢ-rꜤ
"The perfect one of the ka of Ra"
PASSIM
Beckerath, “Handbuch”:206-207, 4:T1
nfr-kA-ra
A
Nefer ka Ra
nfr-kꜢ-rꜤ
"The perfect one of the ka of Ra"
Annals of Archaeology and Anthropology 10 (1923): pl. 43
Beckerath, “Handbuch”:206-207, 4:T2
nfr-kA-ra mrj-jmn
B
Nefer ka Ra, mery Amun
nfr-kꜢ-rꜤ mrꞽ-ꞽmn
"The perfect one of the ka of Ra, beloved of Amun"
Keimer, Perles de collier en soufre fondu, ASAE 39 (1939): 206
Beckerath, “Handbuch”:206-207, 4:T3
SAbAkA
Sha ba ka
šꜢbꜢkꜢ
PASSIM
Beckerath, “Handbuch”:206-207, 4:E1
SAbAkA
A
Sha ba ka
šꜢbꜢkꜢ
Limestone block-statue of Iti (British Museum, EA24429)
Beckerath, “Handbuch”:206-207, 4:E2
SAbAkA mrj-jmn
B
Sha ba ka mery Amun
šꜢbꜢkꜢ mrꞽ-ꞽmn
"Shabaka, beloved of Amun"
Revue d'Egyptologie 8: pl. 5
Beckerath, “Handbuch”:206-207, 4:E3

Sources of antiquity

Author Greek Transcription Reign
Africanus  xxv, 1 Σαβακων Sabacon 8 years
Eusebius  xxv, 1 Σαβακων Sabacon 12 years
Jerome Sabacon Aethiops 12 years
Herodotus  137 Σαβακων Sabacon 50 years
Diodorus  1.65.2 Σαβακων Sabaco –

References