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Shebitko

The third pharaoh of the Twenty-Fifth Dynasty
Prenomen: Djedkaura
Also known as: Shebitku
Accession 707 BC
End of reign 690 BC
Duration 17 years
Recent archaeological evidence now favours a Shebitko-Shabaka succession against the Shabaka-Shebitko tradition.

Titulary & Hieroglyphs

Dd-xaw
Djed khau
ḏd-ḫꜤw
"Stable of appearances"
Beckerath, “Handbuch”:208-209, 5:H1·Lepsius, “Denkmäler aus Ägypten und Äthiopien”:V, 3b
Dd-xaw
Djed khau
ḏd-ḫꜤw
"Stable of appearances"
Mariette, Monument divers recueillis en Égypte et en Nubie (1872), II, pl. 29 (c3)
Beckerath, “Handbuch”:208-209, 5:H3
Dd-xaw SAbAtAkA
Djed khau Sha ba ta ka
ḏd-ḫꜤw šꜢbꜢtꜢkꜢ
"Stable of appearances, Shabataka"
Mariette, Monument divers recueillis en Égypte et en Nubie (1872), II, pl. 29 (c2)
Beckerath, “Handbuch”:208-209, 5:H4
Dd-xat
Djed khat
ḏd-ḫꜤt
Beckerath, “Handbuch”:208-209, 5:H2·Lepsius, “Denkmäler aus Ägypten und Äthiopien”:V, 3a
aA-Sfit-m-tAw-nb(w)
Aa shefyt em tau nebu
ꜤꜢ-šfit-m-tꜢw-nb(w)
"Great of majesty in all lands"
Beckerath, “Handbuch”:208-209, 5:N1·Lepsius, “Denkmäler aus Ägypten und Äthiopien”:V, 3b
sxaj-mAat mrj-tAwj
Sekha em Maat mery tawy
sḫꜤꞽ-mꜢꜤt mrꞽ-tꜢwꞽ
Beckerath, “Handbuch”:208-209, 5:N2·Lepsius, “Denkmäler aus Ägypten und Äthiopien”:V, 3b
Dd-xaw
Djed khau
ḏd-ḫꜤw
"Stable of appearances"
Beckerath, The Nile Level Records at Karnak and their Importance, JARCE 5: 53:33
Beckerath, “Handbuch”:208-209, 5:N3
aA-HpS Hwj-pDt
Aa khepesh hui pedjut 9
ꜤꜢ-ḥpš ḥwꞽ-pḏt
"The one great of strength who has struck down the Nine Bows"
Beckerath, “Handbuch”:208-209, 5:G1·Lepsius, “Denkmäler aus Ägypten und Äthiopien”:V, 3b
hr-Hr-nxtw
Her her nakht
hr-ḥr-nḫtw
"The one who is satisfied with victory"
Beckerath, “Handbuch”:208-209, 5:G2·Lepsius, “Denkmäler aus Ägypten und Äthiopien”:V, 3b
Dd-kAw-ra
Djed kau Ra
ḏd-kꜢw-rꜤ
"The stable one of the kas of Ra"
Beckerath, “Handbuch”:208-209, 5:T1·Lepsius, “Denkmäler aus Ägypten und Äthiopien”:V, 3
Dd-kA-ra
Djed ka Ra
ḏd-kꜢ-rꜤ
"The stable one of the ka of Ra"
Donation Stela of Shebitqo
Metropolitan Museum of Art, Acc. No. 65.45
Beckerath, “Handbuch”:208-209, 5:T2
SAbAtAkA
Sha ba ta ka
šꜢbꜢtꜢkꜢ
"Shabataka"
PASSIM
Beckerath, “Handbuch”:208-209, 5:E1
SAbAtAkA mrj-jmn
Sha ba ta ka mery Amun
šꜢbꜢtꜢkꜢ mrꞽ-ꞽmn
"Shabataka, beloved of Amun"
Beckerath, “Handbuch”:208-209, 5:E2·Lepsius, “Denkmäler aus Ägypten und Äthiopien”:V, 3
SAbAtAkA mrj-ptH
Sha ba ta ka mery Ptah
šꜢbꜢtꜢkꜢ mrꞽ-ptḥ
"Shabataka, beloved of Ptah"
Mariette, Monument divers recueillis en Égypte et en Nubie (1872), II, pl. 29 (c1)
Beckerath, “Handbuch”:208-209, 5:E3

Sources of antiquity

Author Greek Transcription Reign
Africanus  xxv, 2 Σεβιχως Sebichus 14 years
Eusebius  xxv, 2 Σεβιχως Sebichos 12 years
Jerome Sebichus 12 years
Herodotus  141.1 Σεθων Sethus –

References