Bakenranef
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Bakenranef, known by the ancient Greeks as Bocchoris (Ancient Greek: , ; Latin: ) or Bochchoris (, ; Latin: ) was briefly a king of the 24th Dynasty of Egypt. Based at Sais in the western Delta, he ruled Lower Egypt from c. 725 to 720 BC. Though the Ptolemaic period Egyptian historian Manetho considers him the sole member of the 24th Dynasty, modern scholars include his father Tefnakht in that dynasty. Although Sextus Julius Africanus quotes Manetho as stating that "Bocchoris" ruled for six years, some modern scholars again differ and assign him a shorter reign of only five years, based on evi
Key facts
- Pharaoh.Name
- Bakenranef
- Pharaoh.alt_name
- Bocchoris
- Pharaoh.Image
- Apis Bakenranef 6 Mariette.jpg
- Pharaoh.Caption
- Apis stela dated to Year 6 of Bakenranef's reign, found in Saqqara.
- Pharaoh.NomenHiero
- G29-V31:n-r:n:f
- Pharaoh.Nomen
- BakenranefServant in his name
- Pharaoh.PrenomenHiero
- N5-V29-D28
- Pharaoh.Prenomen
- WahkareConstant is the Heart of Re
- Pharaoh.Predecessor
- Tefnakht
- Pharaoh.Successor
- None (Egypt united under Shebitqo, Upper Kingdom Pharaoh)
- Pharaoh.Dynasty
- 24th Dynasty (Western Delta)
- Pharaoh.Reign
- 725–720 BC
- Pharaoh.Father
- Tefnakht
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- Situla in faience con cartiglio del faraone egiziano bocchoris, dalla tomba di bocchoris a monterozzi, 700-690 ac ca. 01.jpg
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- date of birth
- 0700-01-01
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- Bakenranef
- date of death
- 0800-01-01
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Bakenranef, known by the ancient Greeks as Bocchoris (Ancient Greek: , ; Latin: ) or Bochchoris (, ; Latin: ) was briefly a king of the 24th Dynasty of Egypt. Based at Sais in the western Delta, he ruled Lower Egypt from c. 725 to 720 BC. Though the Ptolemaic period Egyptian historian Manetho considers him the sole member of the 24th Dynasty, modern scholars include his father Tefnakht in that dynasty. Although Sextus Julius Africanus quotes Manetho as stating that "Bocchoris" ruled for six years, some modern scholars again differ and assign him a shorter reign of only five years, based on evidence from an Apis Bull burial stela. It establishes that Bakenranef's reign ended only at the start of his 6th regnal year which, under the Egyptian dating system, means he had a reign of 5 full years. Bakenranef's prenomen or royal name, Wahkare, means "Constant is the Spirit of Re" in Egyptian.
==Literary sources== Manetho is the source for two events from Bakenranef's reign. The first is the story that a lamb uttered the prophecy that Egypt would be conquered by the Assyrians, a story later repeated by such classical authors as Claudius Aelianus (De Natura Animalis 12.3). The second was that Bakenranef was captured by Shebitqo, a king of the 25th Dynasty, who executed Bakenrenef by having him burned alive. A Kushite king, Shebitqo extended his rule over the whole of Egypt, which had been split since the 21st Dynasty.