Shebitku

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Shebitku
Shebitku's statue in the Nubian Museum
Pharaoh
Reign	714–705 BC[1]
Predecessor	Piye
Successor	Shabaka
Royal titulary Horus name Djedkhaw Nebty name Aashefitemtawnebu Golden Horus Aakhepesh-hupedjetpesdjet Prenomen  (Praenomen) Djed-ka-re Enduring is the Soul of Re[2] Nomen Shebitku
Consort	Arty
Died	705 BC
Dynasty	25th Dynasty

nomen or birth name
šȝ bȝ tȝ kȝ (Shabataka) in hieroglyphs

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Shebitku or Shabataka^[3] (Ancient Egyptian: šꜣ-bꜣ-tꜣ-kꜣ, Neo-Assyrian Akkadian: 𒃻𒉺𒋫𒆪𒀪, romanized: Šapatakuʾ, Ancient Greek: Σεθῶν Sethōn or Ancient Greek: Σαβάκων Sabakōn)^[4][5] also known as Shebitqo, was the second pharaoh of the Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt who ruled from 714 BC – 705 BC, according to the most recent academic research. He was a son of Piye, the founder of this dynasty. Shebitku's prenomen or throne name, Djedkare, means "Enduring is the Soul of Re."^[2] Shebitku's queen was Arty, who was a daughter of king Piye, according to a fragment of statue JE 49157 of the High Priest of Amun Haremakhet, son of Shabaka, found in the temple of the Goddess Mut in Karnak.^[6]