Amasis, active 6th century B.C

LC control no.	n 85025953
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Amasis, active 6th century B.C. *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Amasis, 6th cent. B.C. Amasis (Painter), active 6th century B.C. Amasis Painter, active 6th century B.C.
Beginning date	-05
Associated country	Egypt
Birth date	1500~
Place of birth	Siuph (Egypt)
Place of death	Egypt
Profession or occupation	Pharaohs
Found in	The Amasis Painter and his world, c1985: CIP t.p. (Amasis Painter) galley (it is believed that the Athenian potter was Egyptian in origin and arrived at Athens via Naucratis; first known as Amasis the potter, later after the discovery found in Etruscan site of Orvieto in Tuscany, vases signed by Amasis as a potter were indeed painted by what is believed to be the same man) LC manual auth. cd. (hdg.: Amasis, 6th cent. B.C.) Art index, 1979-80 (Amasis painter) Dictionary of African Biography, accessed November 7, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Amasis; political figure, pharaoh of Egypt; born 500 BCE in Siuph, Egypt; pharaoh of Egypt (570-526 BCE); was from Siuph in the district of Sais; fought against the Babylonian army and defeated it; his reign was very favorable toward the Greeks and Carians and new settlements were built at Naucratis; made donations to various temples in Greece (Delphi, Cyrene, and Lindos); his tomb was placed in the precinct of the temple of Neith at Sais, in the temple court, but not near the shrine, where the tombs of his predecessors were; the Persian king Cambyses authorized to desecrate and burn his mummy; died 526 BCE in Egypt)
Not found in	Enc. Amer., 1975; Enc. Brit., c1983; Collier, c1973.