| Pedubast II | |
|---|---|
 Part of a statue bearing the titulary of Pedubast II, fromMemphis. | |
| Pharaoh | |
| Reign | 743–733 BC or 736–731 BC |
| Predecessor | Shoshenq V orOsorkon IV |
| Father | Iuput II? |
Pedubast II was apharaoh ofAncient Egypt associated with the22nd or more likely the23rd Dynasty. Not mentioned in all King lists, he is mentioned as a possible son and successor toShoshenq V byAidan Dodson and Dyan Hilton in their 2004 bookThe Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt. They date his reign at about 743–733 BC, between Shoshenq V andOsorkon IV.[1]
Jürgen von Beckerath places Pedubast II within the reign ofPiye and in the 23rd Dynasty and proposes a reign of about 736–731 BC for this pharaoh. The exact length of Pedubast's II's reign is uncertain.[2] Pedubast II may have been the son ofIuput II and the then servingnomarch inAthribis because the king list of Piye places next to Osorkon IV a Pedubast who is called a Prince of Athribis.
Pedubast's II's royal name orprenomen wasSehetepibenre and he is attested as a king atTanis—or at least a local Delta ruler who controlled this city—by several stone blocks found there bearing his royal titulary.[3]Kenneth Kitchen, however, prefers to date Pedubast II's kingship around the time of theAssyrian invasion underEsarhaddon and thenAshurbanipal in the mid-660s BC.[4] Such is the degree of uncertainty surrounding this king's timeline during theThird Intermediate Period of Egypt (c. 1077 BC – 664 BC).
