- Pedubast I
Pharaoh Infobox | Name=Pedubast I
Predecessor=Takelot II
Dynasty=Twenty-third dynasty of Egypt
Successor=Shoshenq VI
Spouse=
Reign=829–804 BCPedubastis I or Pedubast I (c.
829 BC –804 BC ) was aPharaoh ofAncient Egypt .Pedubast is recorded as being ofLibya n ancestry and ruled Egypt for 25 years according toManetho . He first became king at Thebes in Year 8 ofShoshenq III and his highest dated Year is his 23rd Year according toNile Level Text No. 29. This Year is equivalent to Year 31 of Shoshenq III. He was the main opponent toTakelot II and later,Osorkon B , of the Twenty-Third DynastyLibyan kings of Upper Egypt at Thebes. His accession to power plunged Thebes into a protracted civil war which lasted for three decades between these two competing factions. Each faction had a rival line of High Priests of Amun with Pedubast's beingHarsiese B who is attested in office as early as Year 6 of Shoshenq III and thenTakelot E who appears in office from Year 23 of Pedubast I. Osorkon B was Pedubast I and Harsiese's chief rival. This conflict is obliquely mentioned in the famous "Chronicle of Prince Osorkon " at Karnak.Recent excavations by the University of Columbia in 2005 reveal that Pedubast's authority was recognised both at Thebes and the western desert oases of Egypt—at the Great Temple of Dakhla where his
cartouche has been found. He was succeeded in power byShoshenq VI .External links
* [http://www.mcah.columbia.edu/amheida/html/2005_field_reports/Rpt_2005.pdf University of Columbia 2005 Excavation report at Dakhla]
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