Osorkon C

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Osorkon
Great Chief of the Ma
22nd Dynasty
PharaohShoshenq V

Osorkon C (also Osorkon of Sais) was a Great Chief of the

22nd Dynasty
.

Biography

Osorkon's ancestors are unknown; however, one of his close predecessors was prince

Sais, Buto and Yamu respectively, in the end a considerable part of the Western Nile Delta.[3]

Osorkon might have ruled c. 755 to c. 740 BCE,[4] thus during the official reign of the late 22nd Dynasty pharaoh Shoshenq V.[3] Osorkon was likely succeeded by the future pharaoh and founder of the 24th Dynasty, Tefnakht. In fact, in his early career Tefnakht held almost the same titles of Osorkon – plus other titles, most noticeably Great Chief of the Libu and Great Chief of the West – suggesting that he was his immediate successor.[5][6] However, the two were apparently unrelated as Osorkon can't be identified with both Tefnakht's father and grandfather, whom were named Gemnefsutkapu and Basa respectively; this situation suggested that Osorkon was overthrown by Tefnakht.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b Yoyotte, Jean (1960). "Le talismán de la victoire d'Osorkon". Bulletin de la Société française d'Égyptologie. 31: 13–22.
  2. ^ Moje, Jan (2008). "Die Uschebtis des Osorkon C von Sais. Bemerkungen zu den Totenstatuetten lokaler Regenten der Dritten Zwischenzeit". Bulletin de la société d'Égyptologie Genève. 28: 81–95.
  3. ^
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  4. ^ Kitchen (1996), Table 4
  5. ^ Kitchen (1996), §§ 112-3
  6. ^ a b Del Francia, P.R. (2000). "Di una statuetta dedicata ad Amon-Ra dal grande capo dei Ma Tefnakht nel Museo Egizio di Firenze". In Russo, S. (ed.). Atti del V Convegno Nazionale di Egittologia e Papirologia, Firenze, 10-12 dicembre 1999. Firenze.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link), pp. 76-82
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