Amasis II

Amasis II
Amasis II
Ahmose II
	Head of Amasis II, c. 550 BCE
Pharaoh
Reign	570–526 BCE
Predecessor	Apries
Successor	Psamtik III
Prenomen (Praenomen)
Prenomen (Praenomen)
	Khnem-ib-re; He Who Embraces the Heart of Re Forever
Nomen
	Iaḥmos Net-za; The Moon is Born, Son of Neith
	;
Consort	Tentkheta, mother of Psamtik III ; Nakhtubasterau ; Ladice ; Khedebneithirbinet II? (daughter of Apries) ; Tadiasir?
Children	Psamtik III ; Pasenenkhonsu ; Ahmose (D) ; Tashereniset II ? ; Nitocris II
Mother	Tashereniset I
Died	526 B.C.E.
Burial	Temple of Neith at Sais
Dynasty	26th dynasty

Amasis II (Ancient Greek: Ἄμασις Ámasis; Phoenician: 𐤇𐤌𐤎 ḤMS)^[2] or Ahmose II was a pharaoh (reigned 570 – 526 BCE) of the Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt, the successor of Apries at Sais. He was the last great ruler of Egypt before the Persian conquest.^[3]

^ ^a ^b Peter A. Clayton (2006). Chronicle of the Pharaohs: The Reign-By-Reign Record of the Rulers and Dynasties of Ancient Egypt. p. 195. ISBN 978-0-500-28628-9.
^ Schmitz, Philip C.. "Chapter 3. Three Phoenician "Graffiti" at Abu Simbel (CIS I 112)". The Phoenician Diaspora: Epigraphic and Historical Studies, University Park, US: Penn State University Press, 2021, pp. 35-39. https://doi.org/10.1515/9781575066851-005
^ Lloyd, Alan Brian (1996), "Amasis", in Hornblower, Simon; Spawforth, Anthony (eds.), Oxford Classical Dictionary (3rd ed.), Oxford: Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-521693-8