Osorkon III.

Name of Osorkon III.
Horus name	Ka-nechet-chai-em-Waset K3-nḫt-ḫ3j-m-W3st Strong bull that appears in Thebes
Proper name	Osorkonsaasetmeriamun (Osorkon sa Aset meri Amun) Wsrkn s3 3st mrj Jmn Osorkon, son of Isis , loved by Amun

Osorkon III. was a pharaoh (king) in ancient Egypt of the 23rd Dynasty ( third intermediate period ). His reign is from about 799 to 771 BC. To apply. Osorkon III. is, according to DA Aston and Jürgen von Beckerath, identical to Prince Osorkon as the high priest of Amun .

Title

• Nebti name : darling of the two countries,
• Throne name : Rich in Maat , a Re , chosen by Amun

family

• Father: Takelot II.
• Mother: Ka (ra) mama (Merimut II.)
• Women: Karatjat, Tentsai
• Children: Rudjamun II. , Takelot III. (from a wife of Tentsai) and the wife of God of Amun Schepenupet I. (from his main wife Karatjat)

Osorkon as a prince

Osorkon, son of Takelot II and, with interruptions, high priest of Amun in Thebes , was appointed high priest in the eleventh year of his father's reign on 21 Achet IV (beginning of July). This was preceded by the successful military conquest of Thebes. His appointment as high priest caused simmering conflicts with the high priest Harsiese II , which ultimately culminated in a civil war .

In the eleventh year of his father Takelot II's reign, the celebration of the Amun Re festival on the 11th Schemu I in Thebes is documented. In the 25th and 29th year of Scheschonq III. Osorkon returned as high priest with military advances to Thebes, which he could only keep briefly. After ten years of absence Osorkon came as high priest in the 39th year of the reign of Scheschonq III. militarily back to Thebes and a little later ascended the throne.

Osorkon as Pharaoh

Years 28 and 29 are the highest attested years of government. They can be found on Nilstands brands from Karnak . During the last five years of reign, his son was Takelot III. Co-regent. He ruled at the same time as Scheschonq III. from the 22nd dynasty . Delta smaller areas of be Harnacht of Mendes (the supremacy of Osorkon III. Formal recognition), Osorkon of Sais and Niumateped dominated. Its capital is believed to be Leontopolis (Tell Moqdam). Osorkon III is in the delta. attested by the funeral of his mother in Leontopolis itself and a bronze plaque from Memphis. Two donation pillars from Osorkon III. from Middle Egypt (Hermopolis or Tihna / Achoris) are now known.

Osorkon can after the regents Pasenhor and Hemptah in Herakleopolis his son Takelot III. appointed as high priest of the Herischef, governor of the south, general and head of Per-Sechecheperre (the estate of Osorkons I. ). And finally in his 24th year of reign in Thebes as high priest of Amun and co-regent. In accordance with this de facto supremacy over Egypt south of Memphis is here after Osorkon III. dated. Osorkon III build in Thebes. and Takelot III. at the temple of Osiris-ruler-of-eternity in the east of the temple district of Karnak (also preserved gate post of a chapel).

According to an inscription in the temple of Karnak, the third year of Osorkon III's reign. an extraordinarily high flood of the Nile, where the "land becomes sea, temples become swamps".

literature

• Jürgen von Beckerath : The relationship between the 22nd dynasty and the 23rd dynasty In: Nicole Kloth: It will be put down as a document - Festschrift for Hartwig Altenmüller on his 65th birthday - , Buske, Hamburg 2003, ISBN 3-87548-341-3 , Pp. 31-35.
• Ricardo A. Caminos: The Chronicle of Prince Osorkon (Analecta Orientalia 37) . Pontificium Institutum Biblicum, Roma 1958
• Karl Jansen-Winkeln : The Chronology of the Third Intermediate Period: Dyns 22-24. In: Erik Hornung, Rolf Krauss, David A. Warburton (eds.): Ancient Egyptian Chronology (= Handbook of Oriental studies. Section One. The Near and Middle East. Volume 83). Brill, Leiden / Boston 2006, ISBN 978-90-04-11385-5 , pp. 234-264 ( online ).
• Rolf Krauss : Sothis and moon data: studies on the astronomical and technical chronology of ancient Egypt , Gerstenberg, Hildesheim 1985, ISBN 3-8067-8086-X .
• RM Porter: Osorkon III of Tanis: the Contemporary of Piye? In: Göttinger Miszellen No. 230, 2011, pp. 111–112.
• Thomas Schneider : Lexicon of the Pharaohs. Albatros, Düsseldorf 2002, ISBN 3-491-96053-3 , p. 186.

Web links

• Dating approaches Osorkon III.

predecessor	Office	successor
Sheschonq IV.	Pharaoh of Egypt 23rd Dynasty	Takelot III.