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Shepseskare-irenre Gemenefkhonsbak was an ancient Egyptian king of the Tanite 23rd Dynasty.

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Instance of
human
Gender
male
Citizenship
Ancient Egypt
Occupation
sovereign
Position held
pharaoh
Noble title
pharaoh
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date of death
0680-01-01
date of birth
0800-01-01
name in hiero markup
S29-S34-N19

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Shepseskare-irenre Gemenefkhonsbak was an ancient Egyptian king of the Tanite 23rd Dynasty.

==Evidence and interpretation== The evidence for King Gemenefkhonsubak comes almost entirely from inscriptions on blocs recovered from the ruins of Tanis. He was first recognized as a pharaoh by Pierre Montet, in his publication of inscribed blocs from the Sacred Lake of Amun at Tanis, although Serge Sauneron had already noticed his birth name on a stele. Kenneth Kitchen placed Gemenefkhonsbak's reign at Tanis sometime in c. 700–680 BC, commenting that his date was "wholly uncertain." He also characterized Gemenefkhonsbak as a "kinglet," probably reigning before the King Pedubast who was contemporary with the Assyrian interventions (in c. 670–667 BC).

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