Twenty-third Dynasty of Egypt

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The Twenty-third Dynasty of Egypt was a period of fragmented rule during the Third Intermediate Period, when a line of Libyan-origin pharaohs governed from the city of Bubastis and other regional power centers.

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Twenty-third Dynasty of Egypt canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Egyptian dynasty
political entity
associatedSite Bubastis necropolis
associatedWithDeity Bastet
capital Bubastis
chronologicalUncertainty exact regnal sequence disputed by Egyptologists
country Pharaonic Egypt
surface form: Ancient Egypt
dynastyNumber 23
endTime c. 712 BCE
ethnicOriginOfRulers Libyan
followedBy Twenty-fourth Dynasty of Egypt
follows Twenty-second Dynasty of Egypt
governmentForm monarchy
hasPharaoh Ini
Iuput I
Menkeperre Rudamun
Osorkon III
Pami
surface form: Pami (possibly associated)

Pedubast I
Pedubast I
surface form: Pedubast II (disputed attribution)

Rudamun
Shoshenq VI
Takelot III
Osorkon III
surface form: Usermaatre Setepenamun Osorkon III

Usermaatre Setepenamun Takelot III
hasPredecessorDynasty Twenty-second Dynasty of Egypt
surface form: Libyan Twenty-second Dynasty of Egypt
hasRegionalPowerCenter Herakleopolis Magna
Hermopolis
Thebes
hasRulingHouseOrigin Meshwesh Libyans
historiographicalCategory Libyan period in Egypt
language Ancient Egyptian
surface form: Ancient Egyptian language
mainPowerBase Lower Egypt
namedAfter ordinal number twenty-three
notableConflict rivalry with Theban priesthood
notableEvent concurrent kingship in different regions of Egypt
overlapsWith Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt
Twenty-second Dynasty of Egypt
partOf Third Intermediate Period of Egypt
period Third Intermediate Period of Egypt
politicalSituation fragmented rule
region Nile Delta
religion Ancient Egyptian religion
startTime c. 828 BCE
usesRoyalTitle King of Upper and Lower Egypt
Son of Ra

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Bubastis importantInDynasty Twenty-third Dynasty of Egypt
Third Intermediate Period of Egypt hasPart Twenty-third Dynasty of Egypt
Twenty-second Dynasty of Egypt followedBy Twenty-third Dynasty of Egypt