Osorkon III

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King of Upper Egypt ancient Egyptian pharaoh ruler of the Third Intermediate Period of Egypt

Osorkon III was a pharaoh of ancient Egypt’s Third Intermediate Period who ruled in the 8th century BCE and is known for consolidating power in Upper Egypt and Thebes.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Usermaatre Setepenamun Osorkon III	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	King of Upper Egypt ⓘ ancient Egyptian pharaoh ⓘ ruler of the Third Intermediate Period of Egypt ⓘ
appointed	Shepenupet I as Divine Adoratrice of Amun NERFINISHED ⓘ
attestedIn	Karnak Nile Level Texts NERFINISHED ⓘ
burialPlace	Thebes NERFINISHED ⓘ
burialSite	possibly Medinet Habu ⓘ
capital	Thebes NERFINISHED ⓘ
century	8th century BCE ⓘ
child	Osorkon (High Priest of Amun) NERFINISHED ⓘ Rudamun NERFINISHED ⓘ Shepenupet I NERFINISHED ⓘ Takelot III NERFINISHED ⓘ
contemporaryWith	Piye NERFINISHED ⓘ Shoshenq V NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ surface form: Ancient Egypt
dynasty	Twenty‑third Dynasty of Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
era	Third Intermediate Period of Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicity	Libyan origin ⓘ
evidenceFrom	inscriptions at Karnak ⓘ stelae from Thebes NERFINISHED ⓘ
father	Takelot II NERFINISHED ⓘ
heldOffice	High Priest of Amun at Thebes ⓘ
house	Libyan dynasties of Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	asserting control over Thebes ⓘ consolidating power in Upper Egypt ⓘ religious and political reforms in Thebes ⓘ
mother	Karomama II NERFINISHED ⓘ
nomen	Osorkon Si-Ese NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalContext	period of fragmentation and competing dynasties in Egypt ⓘ
possibleFather	Takelot II NERFINISHED ⓘ
praenomen	Usermaatre Setepenamun NERFINISHED ⓘ
predecessor	Takelot III NERFINISHED ⓘ
reignEnd	c. 759 BCE ⓘ
reignStart	c. 787 BCE ⓘ
religiousPolicy	strengthened the office of the Divine Adoratrice of Amun ⓘ
religiousRole	patron of the Amun priesthood ⓘ
royalName	Usermaatre Setepenamun Osorkon Si-Ese NERFINISHED ⓘ
ruledRegion	Thebes NERFINISHED ⓘ Upper Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
spouse	Karoadjet NERFINISHED ⓘ Tentsai NERFINISHED ⓘ
styleOfRule	regional kingship centered on Thebes ⓘ
successor	Rudamun NERFINISHED ⓘ Takelot III NERFINISHED ⓘ
successorState	later overshadowed by the Kushite Twenty‑fifth Dynasty ⓘ
title	King of Upper and Lower Egypt ⓘ Lord of the Two Lands ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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Twenty-third Dynasty of Egypt → hasPharaoh → Osorkon III ⓘ

this entity surface form: Usermaatre Setepenamun Osorkon III