For other bearers of the name, see Smendes (name).
Smendes
Nesbanebdjed, Nesibanebdjedet
Canopic jar of Smendes, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Pharaoh
Reign
c. 1077/1076–1052 BC[1]
Predecessor
Ramesses XI
Successor
Amenemnisu
Royal titulary
Horus name
Kanakht Meryre Suseramunkhepesheferseqaimaat K3-nḫt-mrj-Rˁ-swsr-Jmn-ḫpš=f-r-sq3j-m3ˁt Strong bull, beloved of Ra, Amun empowers his strike to reinforce the Maat
Nebty name
Sekhempehti Hureqiufbehatuf Hepetem[...] Sḫm-pḥtj-ḥwj-rqw=f-bh3.tw=f-ḥtp-m (...) Mighty of power, he who beats his opponents, they flee before him, [he] encircles ...
Golden Horus
[...]khesefdenden (...) Ḫsf-dndn [...] wards off the wrath
Prenomen (Praenomen)
Hedjkheperre Setepenre[2] Ḥḏ-ḫpr-Rˁ-stp.n-Rˁ Radiant manifestation of Ra, the chosen one of Ra
Nomen
Nesbanebdjed Meriamun[3][4] Mrj-Jmn nsw-b3-nb-ḏdt He of the Ba ram, lord of Mendes, beloved of Amun
Consort
Tentamun B
Children
Amenemnisu ?
Mother
probably Hrere
Died
1052 BC
Burial
Unknown
Dynasty
21st Dynasty
Hedjkheperre Setepenre Smendes was the founder of the Twenty-first Dynasty of Egypt and succeeded to the throne after burying Ramesses XI in Lower Egypt – territory which he controlled. His Egyptian nomen or birth name was actually Nesbanebdjed[5] meaning "He of the Ram, Lord of Mendes",[6] but it was translated into Greek as Smendes by later classical writers such as Josephus and Sextus Africanus. According to the Story of Wenamun from c. 1000 BC, Smendes was a governor of Lower Egypt during the Era of the Renaissance under the reign of Ramesses XI, however, Egyptologists have questioned the historical accuracy of this story.[7]
^R. Krauss & D.A. Warburton "Chronological Table for the Dynastic Period" in Erik Hornung, Rolf Krauss & David Warburton (editors), Ancient Egyptian Chronology (Handbook of Oriental Studies), Brill, 2006. p. 493
^Clayton, Peter A. Chronicle of the Pharaohs. Thames & Hudson. 2006. p. 178
^Digital Egypt for Universities
^Clayton, p. 178
^Nesbanebdjed
^Mansikka, Pekka (2020). New Chronology Using Solar Eclipses, Volume III. p. 180. ISBN 978-9528023142.
^Hagens, Graham (1996). "A Critical Review of Dead-Reckoning from the 21st Dynasty". Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt. 33. American Research Center in Egypt: 156. doi:10.2307/40000612. ISSN 0065-9991. JSTOR 40000612.
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