Iuput I

Iuput I reigned from about 816 to 804 BC, with dates uncertain by about eight years. The son of Pedubast I, he was elevated to the status of junior co-regent alongside his father in the Twenty-third Dynasty. Operating from Thebes, their administration governed in opposition to rival royal branches based in Tanis and Upper Egypt.

Very little is preserved regarding the political actions of Iuput I beyond his association with his father's faction. The period was marked by short regional reigns and decentralised power, in which several individuals claimed pharaonic titles at the same time. The authority of Iuput's court was restricted primarily to parts of Upper Egypt and sections of the Delta.

Scholars know of Iuput I almost entirely through inscriptions documenting high Nile flood levels carved onto the stone quay at Karnak Temple. No independent monuments or administrative buildings survive from his rule, his burial site has never been found, and no mummy exists.

Monuments

• Karnak Nile level texts

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