Victory stela of Piye

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ancient Egyptian stela historical document monumental inscription royal inscription

The Victory stela of Piye is an ancient Egyptian monumental inscription commemorating the Kushite king Piye’s successful military campaign and consolidation of power over Egypt in the 8th century BCE.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Piye Stela 1
Piye Victory Stela at Gebel Barkal 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Egyptian stela ⓘ
historical document ⓘ
monumental inscription ⓘ
royal inscription ⓘ
associatedWithCulture Kushite ⓘ
ancient Egyptian ⓘ
associatedWithDynasty Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithPerson Piye NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tefnakht of Sais NERFINISHED ⓘ
commissionedBy Piye NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCurrentLocation Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
creator scribes of Piye’s court ⓘ
currentLocation Egyptian Museum of Cairo NERFINISHED ⓘ
date circa 728 BCE ⓘ
depicts Piye’s military campaign in Egypt ⓘ
capture of Memphis ⓘ
siege of Hermopolis ⓘ
submission of Egyptian rulers to Piye ⓘ
describesEvent Piye’s march from Nubia into Egypt ⓘ
submission of Delta princes to Piye ⓘ
genre victory inscription ⓘ
historicalSignificance evidence for political fragmentation of Egypt in the 8th century BCE ⓘ
primary source for early Kushite rule in Egypt ⓘ
inscriptionTechnique carved in sunk relief ⓘ
inscriptionType royal annalistic text ⓘ
language Egyptian language NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainSubject Kushite conquest of Egypt ⓘ
Piye NERFINISHED ⓘ
material granite ⓘ
stone ⓘ
mentionsDeity Amun NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ra NERFINISHED ⓘ
mentionsPlace Gebel Barkal NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hermopolis NERFINISHED ⓘ
Memphis NERFINISHED ⓘ
Thebes NERFINISHED ⓘ
mentionsRuler Nimlot NERFINISHED ⓘ
Osorkon IV NERFINISHED ⓘ
Peftjauawybast NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tefnakht NERFINISHED ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person voice of Piye ⓘ
originalLocation Napata NERFINISHED ⓘ
Temple of Amun at Gebel Barkal NERFINISHED ⓘ
period Third Intermediate Period of Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
purpose commemorating Piye’s victory in Egypt ⓘ
legitimizing Kushite rule over Egypt ⓘ
religiousContext Amun cult ⓘ
style traditional Egyptian royal rhetoric ⓘ
writingSystem hieroglyphic script ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Piye → issued → Victory stela of Piye ⓘ
Piye → hasMonument → Victory stela of Piye ⓘ
this entity surface form: Piye Victory Stela at Gebel Barkal
Egyptian–Nubian relations → documentaryEvidence → Victory stela of Piye ⓘ
this entity surface form: Piye Stela