Osorkon C

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Osorkon
Great Chief of the Ma
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The Talisman of Osorkon (Louvre E10943) [1]
Predecessor Pimay (not directly)
Successor Tefnakht
Dynasty 22nd Dynasty
Pharaoh Shoshenq V

Osorkon C (also Osorkon of Sais) was a Great Chief of the Ma and a governor of Sais in Lower Egypt, during the 22nd Dynasty.

Biography

Osorkon's ancestors are unknown; however, one of his close predecessors was prince Pimay, son of pharaoh Shoshenq III of the 22nd Dynasty.[ citation needed ] Osorkon is best known from the so-called "talisman of Osorkon" (Louvre E10943) – a faience amulet depicting the creation of the world with the god Ra-Horakhty as an infant, sitting on a lotus flower which rises from the primal waters [1] – and also by some ushabti now in London. [2] On the talisman, he is called Great Chief of the Ma, Army leader, Prophet of Neith , Prophet of Wadjet and of the Lady of Yamu (i.e. Hathor), showing that he ruled over the cities of 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. 1 2 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. 1 2 Kitchen, Kenneth A. (1996). The Third Intermediate Period in Egypt (1100–650 BC). Warminster: Aris & Phillips Limited. ISBN   0-85668-298-5., § 113
  4. ↑ Kitchen (1996), Table 4
  5. ↑ Kitchen (1996), §§ 112-3
  6. 1 2 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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