Pendant bearing the cartouche of Osorkon II seated King Osorkon flanked by Horus and Isis
Pharaoh
Reign
872–837 BC
Predecessor
Takelot I
Successor
Shoshenq III
Royal titulary
Horus name
Kanakht Mery-Maat Sekhaisewer Nesutawy k3-nḫt-mrj-M3ˁt-sḫˁ(j)-sw-r-nsw-t3wj Strong bull, beloved of Maat, whom Ra causes to be king of the two lands
Nebty name
Zemapeseshtimizaiset
Golden Horus
Werpehti huimentiu
Prenomen (Praenomen)
Usermaatre Setepenamun wsr.M3ˁt-Rˁ-stp-n-Jmn Rich in Maat is Ra, the chosen one of Amun
Nomen
Userken Meriamun Wsrkn-mrj-Jmn Osorkon, beloved of Amun
Consort
Karomama I
Children
Tjesbastperu, Nimlot C, Shoshenq D, Hornakht
Father
Takelot I
Mother
Kapes
Died
837 BC
Burial
NRT-I Tanis
Dynasty
22nd Dynasty
Usermaatre Setepenamun Osorkon II was the fifth king[1] of the Twenty-second Dynasty of Ancient Egypt and the son of King Takelot I and Queen Kapes. He ruled Egypt from approximately 872 BC to 837 BC from Tanis, the capital of that dynasty.
After succeeding his father, Osorkon II was faced with the competing rule of his cousin, King Harsiese A, who controlled both Thebes and the Western Oasis of Egypt. Potentially, Harsiese's kingship could have posed a serious challenge to the authority of Osorkon, however, when Harsiese died in 860 BC, Osorkon II acted to ensure that no king would replace Harsiese. He appointed his son, Nimlot C, as the high priest of Amun at Thebes, which would have been the source for a successor to Harsiese. This consolidated the king's authority over Upper Egypt and thereafter, Osorkon II ruled over a united Egypt. Osorkon II's reign was a time of prosperity for Egypt and large-scale monumental building ensued.
Osorkon II was the last king of the Twenty-second dynasty to rule Egypt from the Delta to Upper Egypt. His successor, Shoshenq III, lost the effective control of Middle and Upper Egypt that Osorkon II had achieved.
^Osorkon (II) Usermaatre, Digital Egypt for Universities.
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