Penamun | |
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Merytawy Penamun; Merytawyre Penamun | |
![]() Drawing of the block of Penamun, from Kom Abu Billo
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Pharaoh | |
Pharaoh | |
Dynasty | ? |
Merytawy Penamun was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh whose datation is extremely uncertain.
Penamun does not appear on any king list and his damaged cartouche was only found on a stone block from Kom Abu Billo (ancient Terenuthis) in the western Nile Delta. [1] [3]
According to Jürgen von Beckerath, Penamun should have been a local Delta ruler during the 25th Dynasty (744–656 BC) who adopted the royal titulary; von Beckerath argues that he put his praenomen and nomen within the same cartouche, and that the lost portion on it could have contained the hieroglyph for " Re" (N5 in Gardiner's sign list) i.e. the standard suffix for pharaonic praenomina, thus becoming a Merytawyre. [2] [4]
Basing on orthographic grounds, Kenneth Kitchen rather opts for a later dating for Penamun, believing that he should have ruled during the Persian period (started with the 27th Dynasty, 525–404 BC) or perhaps even later. [3]
Penamun | |
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Merytawy Penamun; Merytawyre Penamun | |
![]() Drawing of the block of Penamun, from Kom Abu Billo
[1] | |
Pharaoh | |
Pharaoh | |
Dynasty | ? |
Merytawy Penamun was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh whose datation is extremely uncertain.
Penamun does not appear on any king list and his damaged cartouche was only found on a stone block from Kom Abu Billo (ancient Terenuthis) in the western Nile Delta. [1] [3]
According to Jürgen von Beckerath, Penamun should have been a local Delta ruler during the 25th Dynasty (744–656 BC) who adopted the royal titulary; von Beckerath argues that he put his praenomen and nomen within the same cartouche, and that the lost portion on it could have contained the hieroglyph for " Re" (N5 in Gardiner's sign list) i.e. the standard suffix for pharaonic praenomina, thus becoming a Merytawyre. [2] [4]
Basing on orthographic grounds, Kenneth Kitchen rather opts for a later dating for Penamun, believing that he should have ruled during the Persian period (started with the 27th Dynasty, 525–404 BC) or perhaps even later. [3]