Information AboutSmendes I |
| CATEGORIES ABOUT SMENDES | |
| pharaohs of the twenty-first dynasty of egypt | |
| 1051 bc deaths | |
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Smendes is poorly attested in the monumental record with a single stela found in a quarry near Gebelein and at Thebes where he repaired an enclosure Wall of the Temple of Monthu at Karnak . Smendes is given a reign of 26 Years by Manetho in his Epitome, and was the husband of Tentamun . The High Priest Menkheperre suppressed a local revolt in Thebes in Year 25 of a king who can only be Smendes because there is no evidence that the High Priests counted their own regnal years even when they assumed royal titles like Pinedjem I did. Menkheperre then exiled the leaders of the rebellion to the Western Desert Oases as 'The Banishment Stela of Menkheperre' recounts. These individuals were pardoned several years later during the reign of his successor, Amenemnisu . Smendes ruled over a divided Egypt and only controlled Lower Egypt during his reign while Middle and Upper Egypt was effectively under the suzerainty of the High Priests of Amun such as Pinedjem I and II. His ''prenomen'' or throne name – ''Hedjkheperre Setepenre/Setepenamun'' – which means 'Bright is the Manifestation of , Shoshenq IV , Takelot I , Takelot II and Harsiese A adopted it for their own use. EXTERNAL LINKS FURTHER READING
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