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Nimlot (II)
- Term of office
- 855–840 or 855–845 BC
- Dynasty
- High Priests of Amun
- Period
- Third Intermediate Period, c. 1070–664 BC
- Capital at the time
- Tanis, Bubastis, Sais; Thebes under the High Priests; Napata in Kush
Nimlot (II) belongs to the group ‘High Priests of Amun’. These dignitaries were not pharaohs, but at times held power equal to a king’s at Thebes. Term of office: 855–840 or 855–845 BC.
What is known about Nimlot (II)
Son of Osorkon II.
From the German Wikipedia list of pharaohs, CC BY-SA 4.0, translated and edited.
The period: Third Intermediate Period
The realm breaks up into several spheres of power: kings of Libyan descent in the Nile Delta, the High Priests of Amun in Thebes and finally the kings of Kush from what is now Sudan.
- c. 1000 BCRoyal tombs of Tanis with the silver coffin of Psusennes I, discovered almost untouched by Pierre Montet in 1939/40.
- c. 925 BCShoshenq I leads a campaign into Palestine and immortalises it on the Bubastite Portal at Karnak.
- c. 728 BCThe Kushite king Piye conquers the whole of Egypt and records it on his Victory Stele.
- c. 690–664 BCTaharqa builds in Egypt and Nubia; the Kushite kings once again have themselves buried in pyramids.
More about this period: Third Intermediate Period
High Priests of Amun: all rulers
- Iuput
- Shoshenq II
- Iuwelot
- Smendes III
- Harsiese I
- Nimlot (II)
- Takelot
- Osorkon (prince)
- Harsiese II
- Takelot
- Takelot III
- Haremakhet
- Harkhebi
- Ankhnesneferibre
- Nitocris II
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