Piye (or Pianchi)
Piye: name of a Nubian king (ruled c.741-c.716), famous for conquering Egypt. (The name was also written as Pianchi.)
Relatives
- Father: Kastha?
- Mother: Pebatjna?
- First wife: Tabiry, daughter of Alara
- Second wife: Abar, daughter of a sister of Alara
- Son: Taharqo
- Further wives: Peksatar (daughter of Kashta), Khensa (daughter of Kashta), Nefrukekashta (daughter of Kashta)
- Daughters: Shepenwepet II (Great Wife of Amun), Qalhata (wife of Shabaqo), Arty (wife of Shebitqo)
Life
- Succeeds Kashta
- Conquers Egypt, as documented in the Victory Stela from Gebal Barkalnote
- Intervention becomes necessary when the rulers of Upper Egypt, with whom Nubia is allied, appear to join Tefnakht, a Libyan ruler from Sais(Twenty-fourth dynasty)
- After restoring his influence in Upper Egypt, Piye proceeds to the north and captures Memphis
- The princes of Lower Egypt recognize Piye as their overlord
- Tefnakht sends an envoy to announce his submission
- Piye returns to Nubia
- During his reign, his sister Amenirdis becomes Great Wife of Amun
- c.716: Succeeded by Shabaqo, who may have been his brother
Buildings
- Additions to the Temple of Amun in Gebel Barkal, including the Victory Stela
- Tomb at El-Kurru
Literature
- T.G.H. James, "Egypt. The Twenty-Fifth and Twenty-Sixth Dynasties" in: Cambridge Ancient History (second edition, 1991), vol.III, part two, pp.677-747
- Robert G. Morkot, The Black Pharaohs. Egypt's Nubian Rulers (2000 London), especially chapter 12-14