Shoshenq I

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ancient Egyptian pharaoh founder of a dynasty historical person

Shoshenq I was a Libyan-origin pharaoh who founded Egypt’s Twenty-second Dynasty and is often identified with the biblical Shishak who campaigned against the Kingdom of Judah.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Shoshenq I canonical 13
Sheshonk I 1
Sheshonq I 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Egyptian pharaoh ⓘ
founder of a dynasty ⓘ
historical person ⓘ
alternativeName Shoshenq I ⓘ
surface form: Sheshonk I

Shoshenq I ⓘ
surface form: Sheshonq I

Shoshenk I ⓘ
appointedOffice High Priest of Amun (through his son Iuput) ⓘ
associatedPeople Meshwesh Libyans ⓘ
burialPlace Tanis ⓘ
capitalCity Bubastis ⓘ
child Iuput A ⓘ
Nimlot A ⓘ
surface form: Nimlot B

Osorkon I ⓘ
culture Ancient Egyptian ⓘ
dynasty Twenty-second Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
ethnicOrigin Libyan ⓘ
father Nimlot A ⓘ
fatherTitle Great Chief of the Ma ⓘ
founded Twenty-second Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
languageOfInscriptions Egyptian hieroglyphs ⓘ
majorMonument Karnak Temple Complex ⓘ
surface form: Bubastite Portal at Karnak
mentionedIn Tanakh ⓘ
surface form: Hebrew Bible
name Shoshenq I self-link ⓘ
notableCampaign campaign against the Kingdom of Judah ⓘ
campaign in the Levant ⓘ
notableFor founding Libyan-origin dynasty in Egypt ⓘ
military campaign recorded on temple walls at Karnak ⓘ
patronDeity Amun ⓘ
period Third Intermediate Period of Egypt ⓘ
possibleBiblicalIdentity Shishak king of Egypt ⓘ
surface form: Shishak
possibleMentionedAs Shishak in 1 Kings 14 ⓘ
Shishak in 2 Chronicles 12 ⓘ
predecessor Psusennes II ⓘ
regionRuled Egypt ⓘ
parts of Canaan ⓘ
reignEndApprox c. 922 BC ⓘ
c. 924 BC ⓘ
reignStartApprox c. 943 BC ⓘ
c. 945 BC ⓘ
religion Ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
royalNomen Shoshenq I self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Shoshenq Meryamun
royalPrenomen Hedjkheperre Setepenre ⓘ
spouse Karoma I Merytmut ⓘ
Tentsepeh A ⓘ
successor Osorkon I ⓘ
title King of Upper and Lower Egypt ⓘ
Lord of the Two Lands ⓘ
Pharaoh of Egypt ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bubastis → notableRulerAssociated → Shoshenq I ⓘ
Great Sphinx of Tanis → inscribedFor → Shoshenq I ⓘ
Third Intermediate Period of Egypt → notableRuler → Shoshenq I ⓘ
Shishak king of Egypt → oftenIdentifiedWith → Shoshenq I ⓘ
Twenty-second Dynasty of Egypt → firstRuler → Shoshenq I ⓘ
Twenty-second Dynasty of Egypt → founder → Shoshenq I ⓘ
Twenty-second Dynasty of Egypt → hasRuler → Shoshenq I ⓘ
Twenty-second Dynasty of Egypt → notableKing → Shoshenq I ⓘ
Shoshenq I → name → Shoshenq I self-link ⓘ
Shoshenq I → alternativeName → Shoshenq I ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sheshonq I
Shoshenq I → alternativeName → Shoshenq I ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sheshonk I
Shoshenq I → royalNomen → Shoshenq I self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shoshenq Meryamun
Osorkon I → predecessor → Shoshenq I ⓘ
Osorkon I → father → Shoshenq I ⓘ
Tanis → associatedWithPharaoh → Shoshenq I ⓘ
Heryshef → templeExpandedBy → Shoshenq I ⓘ