Shoshenq VI
| Shoshenq VI | |
|---|---|
| Pharaoh | |
| Reign | c.6 years |
| Predecessor | Pedubast I |
| Successor | Osorkon III |
| Dynasty | 23rd Dynasty |
Shoshenq VI is known to be
High Priest of Amun
was a certain Takelot who first appears in office in Year 23 of Pedubast I.
Shoshenq VI's Year 4 and Year 6 are attested in an inscription carved on the roof of the
Osorkon B's chief rival at Thebes after the death of Pedubast I. He was defeated and ousted from power at Thebes in Year 39 of Shoshenq III by Prince Osorkon B. In this decisive Year, Osorkon B explicitly states in Nile Quay Text No.7 that he and his brother, General Bakenptah of Herakleopolis, conquered Thebes and "overthrew everyone who had fought against them."[4]
Thereafter, Shoshenq VI is never heard from again.
(NOTE: The old king Shoshenq IV in pre-1993 books and journal articles has been renamed Shoshenq VI by Egyptologists today because he was a Theban king who is only attested by
22nd Dynasty of Egypt
.)
References
- ISBN 3-8053-2310-7, pp.192-93.
- ^ Davies & MacAdam, A Corpus of Inscribed Egyptian Funerary Cones (1957), No. 25-26
- ^ a b David Aston, "Takeloth II: A Theban King of the 23rd Dynasty?" JEA 75 (1989), pp.139-153
- ^ Kenneth Kitchen, The Third Intermediate Period in Egypt, 1100-650 BC (2nd edition, 1986), p.340