Scheschonq II.

This article describes a high priest of Amun of the 22nd Dynasty, for other persons of the same name see Scheschonq .

Name of Scheschonq II.
The gold mask of Scheschonq II ( Egyptian Museum, Cairo )
Throne name	Heqa-cheper-Re-setep-en-Re ḥq3-ḫpr-Rˁ-stp.n-Rˁ With a princely (radiant) figure, chosen by Re
Proper name	Scheschonqmeriamun (Scheschonq meri Amun) šš (nq) mrj Jmn Scheschonq, Beloved by Amun

Scheschonq II. Was high priest of Amun in Thebes and probably for a short time co-regent of his father Osorkon I. His brothers were Takelot I and the high priests Iuwelot and Smendes III. He was married to Nestanebtaschru, among others, and had with her the son Harsiese , who later became high priest of Amun of Thebes and the opposing king. The mother of Scheschonq II was called Maatkare, the daughter Psusennes II.

supporting documents

Scheschonq II. Is 924 BC Raised by his father as the successor of his deceased half-brother Iupet to the position of high priest of Amun in Thebes. On one of four statues in Karnak he writes his name in a cartouche , with which he registers his claim to power. He describes himself as "Lord of the South and the North", "the leader of the great army of all Egypt ". Sheschonq II. Bears the throne name : With "princely figure, chosen of Re" and dies suddenly. With that rule passes to his own half-brother Iuwelot .

His grave

Scheschonq II is buried in the antechamber of the grave of Psusennes I in Tanis . The rich grave equipment contained a gold mask, a falcon-headed silver coffin, pectorals, silver entrails, canopic jars and amulets.

Scheschonq II: name for more than one pharaoh?

At the international conference The Libyan Period in Egypt: Historical and chronological problems of the The Third Intermediate Period of the Department of Egyptology of the University of Leiden in October 2007 it was established and confirmed in a resolution that the name Scheschonq II was used for at least three different pharaohs becomes. It is a matter of :

• Heqa-cheper-Re Shoshenq (Scheschonq II a)
• Tut-cheper-Re Shoshenq (Scheschonq II b)
• Maa-cheper-Re Shoshenq (Scheschonq II c)

literature

• Jürgen von Beckerath : manual of the Egyptian king names. von Zabern, Mainz 1999.
• Jürgen von Beckerath: Chronology of the pharaonic Egypt. von Zabern, Mainz 1997.
• Gerard PF Broekman, Robert J. Demarée, Olaf E. Kaper: The Numbering of the Kings called Shoshenq. In: Göttinger Miszellen Vol. 216, Göttingen 2008.
• Norbert Dautzenberg: Comments on Schoschenq II., Takeloth II. And Pedubastis II. In: Göttinger Miszellen 144 , Göttingen 1995.
• 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 ).
• Thomas Schneider : Lexicon of the Pharaohs. Artemis & Winkler, Munich 1997.
• Ian Shaw, Paul Nicholson (Eds.): Reclam's Lexicon of Ancient Egypt. Reclam, Stuttgart 1998.

Web links

Commons : Scheschonq II.  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ Thomas Schneider: Lexicon of the Pharaohs. P. 251
2. ^ In: Göttinger Miszellen 216, 2008; OE Karper: The Libyan Period in Egypt. In: Egyptian Archeology. 32, 2008, p. 39.

predecessor	Office	successor
Takelot I.	Pharaoh of Egypt 22nd Dynasty	Osorkon II.