Shabaka

Pharaoh of the 25th Dynasty (~705-690 BCE). Best known for the Shabaka Stone — the slab on which he had the ancient Memphite Theology re-engraved, preserving one of the earliest cosmogonic texts.

Parentage

• Amani
• Pebatjma

Powers

• kingship kushite conferral
• kingship egyptian conferral
• antiquarian preservation

Epithets

• 𓄤𓂓𓇳

Relations

• sibling: Piye
• sibling: Taharqa
• sibling: Shebitku

Sources

• Shabaka Stone (BM EA 498)
• Manetho, Aegyptiaca (25th Dynasty)