| Preceded by: Nekau I |
Pharaoh of Egypt 26th Dynasty |
Succeeded by: Nekau II | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Psamtik I | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Koine Greek: Ψαμμητιχος Romanized: Psammetichos Latin: Psammetichus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Bust of Psamtik I at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. (CC0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reign | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 664-610 BC (54 years) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Father | Nekau I | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mother | Istemabet | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Consort(s) | Mehytenweskhet | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Issue | Nekau II, Neithiqret I | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 610 BC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Burial | Unknown | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
- For other pages by this name, see Psamtik.
Wahibre Psamtik I (transliteration: psmṯk), Hellenized as Psammetichos I (Koine Greek: Ψαμμητιχος) and Latinized as Psammetichus I, is an ancient Egyptian Pharaoh of the Twenty-sixth Dynasty during the Late Period. He ruled from Sais as a contemporary of the Nubian ruler Tanutamun of the Twenty-fifth Dynasty. Psamtik was subordinate to Ashurbanipal of the Neo-Assyrian Empire, against the Kushite rulers, but later gained more autonomy as the Assyrian Empire declined. Psamtik I came to rule over a unified Egypt after he drove Tanutamun out of Upper Egypt.
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| Predecessor: Nekau I |
Pharaoh of Egypt 26th Dynasty |
Successor: Nekau II |