Shoshenq V

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Shoshenq V
In the background, Shoshenq V standing in front of an Apis bull on a stela of his Year 37.
In the background, Shoshenq V standing in front of an Apis bull on a stela of his Year 37.
Pharaoh
Reignc. 767–730 BC
PredecessorPami
SuccessorOsorkon IV or Pedubast II
Royal titulary
Horus name
Woserpehty
wsr-pḥty
Great of Strength[1]: 309 
G5
wsrsF9
F9
Nebty name
Woserpehty
wsr-pḥty
G16
wsrsF9
F9
Golden Horus
Woserpehty
wsr-pḥty
G8
wsrsF9
F9
Prenomen  (Praenomen)
Aakheperre
ˁȝ-ḫpr-Rˁ
Great is the Soul of Ra[2]
M23L2
N5O29VL1
Nomen
Shoshenq
ššnq
G39N5
M8
M8		 W24
N29
Consort
22nd Dynasty

Aakheperre Shoshenq V was an

22nd Dynasty
.

Despite having enjoyed one of the longest reigns of the entire dynasty – 38 years – and having left a fair amount of attestations, little is known about Shoshenq's life. His realm underwent an unstoppable shrinking due to the progressive increase of independence of various tribal chiefs, princes and concurrent kings, above all the pharaoh–to–be Tefnakht.

Reign

Overview

The political situation in Egypt around 730 BC; at the end of his reign, Shoshenq V ruled above the North-Eastern territories coloured in grey

According to a

Sais.[1]: 311, 316 [3]: 571–2  At the end of his long reign – most likely lasting 38 years – Shoshenq ruled little more than the districts of Tanis and Bubastis.[1]
: 92 

Before the discovery of the proper Shoshenq IV, Shoshenq V was often referred to with the "IV" numeral (for example:[4][5]).

Attestations

Shoshenq's Year 11 is recorded at Memphis, commemorating the death, burial and replacement of the

Apis bull which was installed in the Year 2 of Pami. Shoshenq is also attested in his years 7[6][7] and 15[7] (or 17),[8] 19,[9] 30,[10] and 37[1]: Tab.21A  by donation stelae of different Great Chiefs of the Libu, named Tjerpahati, Ker, Rudamun and Ankhhor respectively. Then, his name appears again on a stela from Atfih, dedicated to the goddess Hathor in Shoshenq's Year 22.[5][1]
: 310–1, 521 
At Tanis, he ordered a temple for the
Tell el-Yahudiyeh.[1]
: 309, 315 
In Year 37 of Shoshenq, the Apis bull installed in his Year 11 died and was buried. The event is commemorated on several Serapeum stelae, the most famous among these being the Stela of Pasenhor, which also provided a valuable genealogy of the early 22nd Dynasty and its Libyan origin.[1]: 84–5 [3]: 569  This bull eventually outlived Shoshenq, dying in Year 5 of pharaoh Bakenranef of the 24th Dynasty.[1]: 147 
Shoshenq V's highest Year date is an anonymous Year 38 donation stela from
Two Lands, [BLANK], Son of Re, [BLANK]," may reflect the growing power of Tefnakht in the Western Delta at the expense of Shoshenq V whose name is omitted from the document. The same argument can be applied to a similar stela, again issued by Tefnakht but in an anonymous Year 36 which again can only belong to Shoshenq's reign.[1]
: 84, 112, 316 

Death and succession

Shoshenq V died probably in 730 BC. Besides his father Pami, his family relationships are not entirely clear, but it is often assumed that his successor was Osorkon IV who also may have been his son.[11] It is known that Osorkon's mother was queen Tadibast III; thus, she was possibly Shoshenq's queen.[13] However, this reconstruction is complicated by the presence of the poorly known pharaoh Pedubast II who is sometimes placed as Shoshenq's successor.[14]

References

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Preceded by
Twenty-second dynasty of Egypt
 Succeeded by
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