| Piye | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Piankhi, Piankhy, Paankhi, Paanchi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Drawing of the upper part of the Stele of Piye. The lunette on the top depicts Piye being tributed by various Lower Egypt rulers, and the text describes his successful invasion of Egypt. While the stele itself dates back to Piye's reign in the Twenty-fifth Dynasty, it also describes events from the Twenty-third Dynasty. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pharaoh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reign | 744–714 BC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Predecessor | Kashta | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Successor | Shebitku | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Consort | Tabiry, Abar, Khensa, Peksater | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Children | Pharaoh Taharqa, God's Wife Shepenupet II, Queen Qalhata, Queen Arty, Queen Tabekenamun, Queen Naparaye, Queen Takahatenamun, Har, Khaliut | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Father | King Kashta | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mother | possibly Queen Pebatjma | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Burial | el-Kurru | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Monuments | Stelae at Jebel Barkal, enlargement of Temple of Amun, Jebel Barkal, Pyramid at El-Kurru | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dynasty | 25th Dynasty | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Piye (also interpreted as Pankhy or Piankhi;[3][a] d. 714 BC) was an ancient Kushite king and founder of the Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt, who ruled Egypt from 744–714 BC.[6] He ruled from the city of Napata, located deep in Nubia, modern-day Sudan.
- ^ "King Piy". Archived from the original on 2007-04-26. Retrieved 2007-06-12. Piy (Piankhi)
- ^ a b Altägyptisches Wörterbuch (ed.). "Py (Lemma ID 859167)". Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae. Retrieved 2024-08-09.
- ^ Zibelius-Chen, Karola (2006). "Zur Problematik der Lesung des Königsnamens Pi(anch)i". Der Antike Sudan. 17: 127–133.
- ^ von Beckerath, Jürgen (1999). Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (in German) (2nd ed.). Mainz am Rhein: Verlag Philipp von Zabern. pp. 206–207. ISBN 9783805325912.
- ^ Leprohon, Ronald J. (2013). The Great Name: Ancient Egyptian Royal Titulary. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature. pp. 160–161. ISBN 978-1-58983-736-2.
- ^ F. Payraudeau, Retour sur la succession Shabaqo-Shabataqo, Nehet 1, 2014, p. 115-127 online here Archived 2018-05-07 at the Wayback Machine
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