Piye

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wsr-mꜢꜤt-rꜤ — piy

Nubian king who conquered Egypt and founded the Twenty-fifth Dynasty, known as the Nubian (Kushite) Dynasty.

Royal Names in Hieroglyphs

5 of 5 documented

kꜢ-nḫt ḫꜤi͗-m-npt“The strong bull who has appeared in Napata”

2 sources

3 variants

Horus Name variant A

sḥtp-tꜢwi͗.fi͗

The one who has satisfied his Two Lands

Horus Name variant B

kꜢ-tꜢwi͗.fi͗

The bull of his Two Lands

Horus Name variant C

kꜢ-nḫt ḫꜤi͗-m-wꜢst

The strong bull who has appeared in Thebes

wsr-mꜢꜤt-rꜤ"The strong one belonging to the Maat of Ra"

2 sources

Lepsius, Denkmäler aus Ägypten und Äthiopien, V, 14a
Beckerath, “Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen”, 2nd ed. MÄS 49 (1999). 206-207, 3:T1

1 variant

Prenomen (Throne Name) variant A

snfr-rꜤ

The one whom Ra made perfect

piy

3 sources

Pierret, Recueil d'inscriptions inédites du Musée égyptien du Louvre, I, 45 (C 187)
Formerly transliterated as Piankhy.
Beckerath, “Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen”, 2nd ed. MÄS 49 (1999). 206-207, 3:E1

1 variant

Nomen (Birth Name) variant A

piy mri͗-i͗mn

Piye, beloved of Amun

ḥḳꜢ-kmt"Ruler of Egypt"

4 sources

Obelisk fragment Khartoum 462
Fontes historiae Nubiorum, I, 54
Porter & Moss, Topographical Bibliography , VII, 192
Beckerath, “Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen”, 2nd ed. MÄS 49 (1999). 206-207, 3:N

1 variant

Nebty (Two Ladies) Name variant A