Amyrtaeus
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Amyrtaeus of Sais ( , a Hellenization of the original Egyptian name Amenirdisu) is the only pharaoh of the Twenty-eighth Dynasty of Egypt and is thought to be related to the royal family of the Twenty-sixth Dynasty (664–525 BC). He ended the first Persian occupation of Egypt (i.e. the Twenty-seventh Dynasty: 525–404 BC) and reigned from 404 BC to 399 BC. Amyrtaeus' successful insurrection inaugurated Egypt's last significant phase of independence under native sovereigns, which lasted for about 60 years until the Persians conquered the country again.
Key facts
- Pharaoh.Name
- Amyrtaeus
- Pharaoh.image
- Amyrtaios aramaic papyrus Sachau.png
- Pharaoh.caption
- Aramaic papyrus from Elephantine, dating to Regnal Year 5 of Amyrtaeus (400 BC).
- Pharaoh.nomen
- Amenirdisu Amun causes him to be given Demotic:x70px hieroglyphs (reconstitution):
- Pharaoh.nomen_hiero
- i-mn:n-i-A2-ir:D37:z
- Pharaoh.Reign
- 5 years, 404 BC to October 399 BC
- Pharaoh.Predecessor
- Darius II
- Pharaoh.Successor
- Nepherites I
- Pharaoh.Dynasty
- 28th Dynasty
- Pharaoh.Died
- October 399 BC
- Pharaoh.Alt
- Amenirdisu; Amyrtaios of Sais ( in Greek)
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- date of death
- 0399-10-00
- date of birth
- 0500-00-00
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- Amyrtaeus
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- Fall and death
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Amyrtaeus of Sais ( , a Hellenization of the original Egyptian name Amenirdisu) is the only pharaoh of the Twenty-eighth Dynasty of Egypt and is thought to be related to the royal family of the Twenty-sixth Dynasty (664–525 BC). He ended the first Persian occupation of Egypt (i.e. the Twenty-seventh Dynasty: 525–404 BC) and reigned from 404 BC to 399 BC. Amyrtaeus' successful insurrection inaugurated Egypt's last significant phase of independence under native sovereigns, which lasted for about 60 years until the Persians conquered the country again.
== Biography ==