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Smendes II

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Successor
  
Mother
  
Isetemkheb III

Children
  
Neskhons

Grandparents
  
Pinedjem I, Menkheperre

Father
  
Died
  
990 BC

Parents
  
Menkheperre, Isetemkheb D

Predecessor
  
Smendes II

Reign
  
992–990 BC (Concurrent with the 21st Dynasty)

Consort
  
Henuttawy C, Takhentdjehuti

Great-grandparents
  
Pinedjem I, Piankh, Nodjmet

Similar
  
Pinedjem II, Pinedjem I, Menkheperre, Psusennes II, Isetemkheb D

Nesbanebdjed II, or in Hellenized form, Smendes II, was a High Priest of Amun at Thebes in Ancient Egypt. He briefly governed from about 992 BC to 990 BC.

Smendes was one of the sons of High Priest Menkheperre and Princess Isetemkheb, the daughter of Psusennes I. He married his sister Henuttawy C and had a daughter, Isetemkheb E; another wife, Takhentdjehuti bore him Neskhons, who would be the wife of his brother and successor Pinedjem II.

His pontificate was short and left few traces, missing, for instance from the annals of Egyptian historian Manetho. He is mentioned on an inscription in Karnak, on mummy bandages and on a few bracelets found on the mummy of Psusennes I. Two extra objects bears the name of a High Priest of Amun Smendes but it is not possible to determine if these refers to Smendes II or the later Smendes III: these are a scribe's palette now at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (47.123a–g), and a bronze kneeling statuette exhibited at the Musée royal de Mariemont (ref. B242).

He was succeeded by his brother Pinedjem II.

References

Smendes II Wikipedia


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