| Amyrtaeus | ||||||
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| Amenirdisu; Amyrtaios of Sais (Ἀμυρταῖος Σαΐτης in Greek) | ||||||
 Aramaic papyrus from Elephantine, dating to Regnal Year 5 of Amyrtaeus (400 BC). | ||||||
| Pharaoh | ||||||
| Reign | 5 years, 404 BC to October 399 BC | |||||
| Predecessor | Darius II | |||||
| Successor | Nepherites I | |||||
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| Died | October 399 BC | |||||
| Dynasty | 28th Dynasty | |||||
Amyrtaeus of Sais (Greek: Ἀμυρταῖος Amyrtaios, a Hellenization of the original Egyptian name Amenirdisu) is the only pharaoh of the Twenty-eighth Dynasty of Egypt[1] and is thought to be related to the royal family of the Twenty-sixth Dynasty (664–525 BC). He ended the first Persian occupation of Egypt (i.e. the Twenty-seventh Dynasty: 525–404 BC) and reigned from 404 BC to 399 BC.[2] Amyrtaeus' successful insurrection inaugurated Egypt's last significant phase of independence under native sovereigns, which lasted for about 60 years until the Persians conquered the country again.[3]