Editing Shebitku (section)

{{Short description|Second pharaoh of the 25th Dynasty of Egypt}}
{{Contains special characters|cuneiform}}
{{Infobox pharaoh
|Name= Shebitku
|Image= Shabatka portrait, Aswan Nubian museum.jpg
|Caption=Shebitku's statue in the [[Nubian Museum]]
|NomenHiero=<hiero>SA E10 tA kA</hiero>
|Nomen=''Shebitku''
|PrenomenHiero=<hiero>ra Dd kA kA kA</hiero> 
|Prenomen=''Djed-ka-re''<br>Enduring is the Soul of Re<ref name=clayton190>[[Peter A. Clayton|Clayton, Peter A.]] <cite>Chronicle of the Pharaohs: The Reign-by-Reign Record of the Rulers and Dynasties of Ancient Egypt</cite>. Thames &amp; Hudson. p. 190. (2006). {{ISBN|0-500-28628-0}}</ref>
|Golden=''Aakhepesh-hupedjetpesdjet''
|Nebty=''Aashefitemtawnebu''
|HorusHiero= <hiero>-Dd xa:a-</hiero>
|Horus=''Djedkhaw''
|Reign= 714–705 BC<ref name=pay>Payraudeau, F., [https://www.academia.edu/11021678/_Retour_sur_la_succession_Shabaqo-Shabataqo_Nehet_1_2014_p._115-127 Retour sur la succession Shabaqo-Shabataqo], Nehet 1, (2014), p. 115-127.</ref> 
|Died= 705 BC
|Predecessor=[[Piye]] 
|Successor=[[Shabaka]] 
|Dynasty=[[Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt|25th&nbsp;Dynasty]] 
|Spouse= [[Arty (queen)|Arty]]
}}
{{Kushite Monarchs}}
'''Shebitku''' or '''Shabataka'''<ref>The more neutral spelling, according to Jurman 2017: 124, n. 1, 128.</ref> ({{langx|egy|šꜣ-bꜣ-tꜣ-kꜣ}}, {{langx|akk-x-neoassyr|{{cuneiform|11|𒃻𒉺𒋫𒆪𒀪}}|translit=Šapatakuʾ}}, {{langx|grc|Σεθῶν}} {{Transliteration|grc|Sethōn}} or {{langx|grc|Σαβάκων}} {{Transliteration|grc|Sabakōn}})<ref>{{cite web|title=Šapatakuʾ [KING OF MELUHHA] (RN)|url=http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/rinap/sig?%E2%98%A3%40rinap%2Frinap2%25akk%3A%7Bm%7D%C5%A1a%E2%82%82-pa-ta-ku-u%CA%BE%3D%C5%A0apataku%CA%BE%5Bking%20of%20Meluhha%2F%2Fking%20of%20Meluhha%5DRN%C2%B4RN%24%C5%A0apataku%CA%BE|website=Oracc: The Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus}}</ref><ref>The identification with Sabakōn rathern than with Sebikhos (Σεβιχὼς) is the result of the recent reappraisal of the order of Shabataka and Shabaka and the order and reign-lengths in the epitomes of Manetho.</ref> 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 (Ancient Egypt)|prenomen]] or throne name, Djedkare, means "Enduring is the Soul of [[Ra|Re]]."<ref name=clayton190/> Shebitku's queen was [[Arty (queen)|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.<ref>[[:de:Karl Jansen-Winkeln|Jansen-Winkeln, Karl]], Inschriften der Spätzeit: Teil III: Die 25. Dynastie, (in German) (2009). pp. 347-8. [52.5].</ref>