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Wahibre (Greek Apries) Haaibre
(589-570 BC)
King of the Twenty-sixth Dynasty. He supported Levantine rulers against the growing empire of Babylon, which became very strong at this time. The captivity of the Jews (capture of Jerusalem and deportation of the population to Babylon) occurred during the reign of Apries (in 586 BC): many managed to flee to Egypt, where they settled at Elephantine, among other places. In 570 the king supported a local leader in Cyrene in struggles against Greeks. The king sent his general Ahmose, but the latter then declared himself king. Apries went into exile, and returned with a Babylonian army, but was defeated. Apries was killed, but Ahmose buried him as king in Sais.
Horus name: Wahib Nebty name: Nebkhepesh Golden Falcon name: Swadjtawy Prenomen: Haaibra Nomen: Wahibre |
Burial place: Sais |
Attestation in the Petrie Museum:
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shabti (Petrie
1935: no. 570)
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handle (Petrie
1917 : pl. LVI.26.4.2)
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palace at Memphis
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