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Phonen was king of Blemmyes, known from a letter which was found in Qasr Ibrim, Lower Nubia in 1976. The papyrus letter comes perhaps from some royal archive and dates the rule of Phonen to around 450 AD. The letter had been written in bad Greek by Phonen and his son, phylarch Breytek, and was addressed to Aburni, king of Nobatia. This letter represents the answer to another letter which has been lost. It expresses the hostility between the Blemmyes and Nobatian rulers Aburni and Silko; various conflicts between them are listed in the letter. In addition, Phonen mentions negotiations between both kingdoms on regaining lost territories of Blemmyes. It is not clear if Phonen was able to reconquer disputed territory. Phonen is perhaps identical to a ''phylarch'' known from an inscription from Kalabsha, where he appears as "Phonion". ==Literature== *T. C. Skeat: A Letter from the king of the Blemmyes to the King of the Noubades, In: ''The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology'' 63 (1977), pp. 159–170 *Derek A. Welsby: ''The Medieval Kingdoms of Nubia'', London 2002, ISBN 0-7141-1947-4, pp. 16–17 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Phonen」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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