Nimlot A
Nimlot A | |
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Great Chief of the Ma | |
Predecessor | Shoshenq A |
Successor | Shoshenq B (= Shoshenq I) |
Dynasty | 21st Dynasty |
Pharaoh | Osorkon the Elder, Siamun, Psusennes II |
Father | Shoshenq A |
Mother | Mehtenweskhet A |
Wife | Tentsepeh A |
Children | Shoshenq I, Mehtenweskhet B? |
Nimlot A was a Great Chief of the
Biography
Nimlot A was a son of the Great Chief of the Ma Shoshenq A and of the King's mother Mehtenweskhet A, and thus a full-brother of the 21st Dynasty pharaoh Osorkon the Elder. His wife was Tentsepeh A by whom he had a son, Shoshenq B who later became pharaoh (Shoshenq I): for this reason Nimlot and Tentsepeh were posthumously called God's father and God's mother. It is probable that the couple also had a daughter, Mehtenweskhet B, who married the High Priest of Ptah Shedsu-nefertum.[1]
When Nimlot A died, his son Shoshenq inherited the title of Great Chief of the Ma; Shoshenq obtained by pharaoh Psusennes II the permission to build at Abydos a great dedicatory inscription in honor of his father. Nimlot A and Tentsepeh A are also mentioned in the genealogy reported on the stela of Pasenhor.[1]
Shoshenq A = Mehtenweskhet A unknown chief | | +--------+--------+ +----------+ | | | Osorkon the Elder Nimlot A = Tentsepeh A | +-------------+ | | Shoshenq I Mehtenweskhet B = Shedsu-nefertum
References
- ^ ISBN 0-85668-298-5, §§ 85, 88, 90, 239, 437.