Piye

Also known as: Piankhi, Piankhy, Pije, Pianchy

Dynasty XXV

Reign of Piye
AE Chronology	753–723
von Beckerath	746–713
Shaw	747–716
Dodson	752–717
Arnold	747–716
Grimal	747–716
Redford	735–712

The Royal Titulary

From the hieroglyphic records

Horus name
Ka nakht kha em Nepet kꜢ-nḫt ḫꜤi-m-npt The strong bull who has appeared in Napata E1:D40-xa:a-m-n:p-mw-O39:O49
Piye stela No. 26 from Gebel Barkal Reisner, Inscribed Monuments from Gebel Barkal, ZÄS 66 (1931): 90

Variants

Variant A
Sehotep tawy fy sḥtp-tꜢwi.fi The one who has satisfied his Two Lands s-Htp:t*p-N17:N17:f
Lepsius, Denkmäler aus Ägypten und Äthiopien (1849), V, 14h Beckerath, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (1999), 206-207, 3:H1

Variant B
Ka tawy fy kꜢ-tꜢwi.fi The bull of his Two Lands E1-N17:N17:f
Obelisk fragment Khartoum 462 Fontes historiae Nubiorum, I, 54 Porter & Moss, Topographical Bibliography, VII, 192 Beckerath, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (1999), 206-207, 3:H2

Variant C
Ka nakht kha em Waset kꜢ-nḫt ḫꜤi-m-wꜢst The strong bull who has appeared in Thebes E1:D40-xa-m-R19-t:O49
Obelisk fragment Khartoum 462 Fontes historiae Nubiorum, I, 54 Porter & Moss, Topographical Bibliography, VII, 192 Beckerath, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (1999), 206-207, 3:H3

Nebty name
Heqa Kemet ḥḳꜢ-kmt Ruler of Egypt HqA-q:I6-m-t:O49
Obelisk fragment Khartoum 462 Fontes historiae Nubiorum, I, 54 Porter & Moss, Topographical Bibliography, VII, 192 Beckerath, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (1999), 206-207, 3:N

Variants

Variant A
Wah nesyt mi Ra em pet wꜢḥ-nsyt mi-rꜤ-m-pt Enduring of kingship like Ra in heaven V29-sw-t-i-i-mi-m&ra-p*t:pt
Piye stela No. 26 from Gebel Barkal Reisner, Inscribed Monuments from Gebel Barkal, ZÄS 66 (1931): 90

Golden Horus name
Djeser khau, sekhem pehty, ankh her-neb en maef mi akhty ḏsr-ḫꜤw sḫm-pḥty Ꜥnḫ ḥr-nb n mꜢ.f mi Ꜣḫty Sacred of appearances, powerful and strong... Dsr:xa-sxm-F9-F9-anx-D2:nb-A1-n:U3:f-mi-Axt:t-A41
Piye stela No. 26 from Gebel Barkal Reisner, Inscribed Monuments from Gebel Barkal, ZÄS 66 (1931): 90

Throne name
User maat Ra wsr-mꜢꜤt-rꜤ The strong one belonging to the Maat of Ra ra-wsr-U1-Aa11:a:t#12
Lepsius, Denkmäler aus Ägypten und Äthiopien (1849), V, 14a Beckerath, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (1999), 206-207, 3:T1

Variants

Variant A
User maat Ra wsr-mꜢꜤt-rꜤ The strong one belonging to the Maat of Ra ra-wsr-mAa:t
Pierret, Recueil d'inscriptions inédites du Musée égyptien du Louvre, I, 45 (C 187) Beckerath, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (1999), 206-207, 3:T2

Variant B
Snefer Ra snfr-rꜤ The one whom Ra made perfect ra-s-nfr-f:r
Lepsius, Denkmäler aus Ägypten und Äthiopien (1849), V, 14L Beckerath, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (1999), 206-207, 3:T3

Birth name
Piye piy p-anx-i-i
Pierret, Recueil d'inscriptions inédites du Musée égyptien du Louvre, I, 45 (C 187) Formerly transliterated as Piankhy. Beckerath, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (1999), 206-207, 3:E1

Variants

Variant A
Piye piy p-i-i-anx
Lefebvre, Le grand prêtre d’Amon, Harmakhis, et deux reines de la XXVe dynastie, ASAE 25 (1925): 29 Formerly transliterated as Piankhy. Beckerath, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (1999), 206-207, 3:E2

Variant B
Piye mery Amun piy mri-imn Piye, beloved of Amun i-mn:n:N36-p-anx-i-i
Triumph stela of Piye (Cairo Museum JE 48862, 47086-47089) Formerly transliterated as Piankhy. Beckerath, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (1999), 206-207, 3:E3

Bibliography

Beckerath, J. Handbuch der Ägyptischen Königsnamen, MÄS 49 (1999): 206–207
Gauthier, H. Le livre des rois d'Égypte. MIFAO 20 (1915): 2–4, 24–28
Leprohon, R. J. The Great Name: Ancient Egyptian Royal Titulary (Atlanta, 2013), 160–162

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