Smendes

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]