Shoshenq I (middle) gives offering to Amun (left), accompanied by his son Iuput (right), drawn by Ippolito Rosellini at the Bubastite Portal.
Pharaoh
Reign
943–922 BC[1]
Predecessor
Psusennes II
Successor
Osorkon I
Royal titulary
Horus name
Kanakht Meryre Sekhafemnisuterzematawy kȝ nḫt mrj-Rˁ sḫˁj.f-m-nsw-r-zm3-t3wj Strong bull, beloved of Ra, he who causes the king to unite the two lands
Nebty name
Khaemsekhemtimihorsaaset Sehotepnetjeruemmaat ḫˁj-m-sḫmtj-mj-Ḥr-z3-3st sḥtp-nṯrw-m-M3ˁt The double crown appears as Horus son of Isis, he who satisfies the gods in Maat
Golden Horus
Sekhempehti Huipedjut-9 Wernekhtutaunebu sḫm-pḥtj ḥwj-pḏt-psḏt wr-nḫtw-(m)-t3w-nbw He whose mighty power vanquishes the nine bows (enemies of Egypt), he who is great of victories in all countries
Prenomen (Praenomen)
Hedjkheperre Setepenre ḥḏ-ḫpr-Rˁ stp.n-Rˁ Radiant is the manifestation of Ra, the chosen one of Ra
Nomen
Shoshenq Meriamun Ššnq mrj Jmn Shoshenq, beloved of Amun
Variant: Shoshenq Meriamun Netjerheqaiunu Ššnq mrj Jmn nṯr hq3 Iwnw Shoshenq, beloved of Amun, divine ruler of Iunu
Consort
Patareshnes, Karomama A
Children
Osorkon I, Iuput A, Nimlot B
Father
Nimlot A
Mother
Tentsepeh A
Died
922 BC
Dynasty
22nd Dynasty
Hedjkheperre Setepenre Shoshenq I (Egyptian ššnq; reigned c. 943–922 BC)—also known as Shashank or Sheshonk or Sheshonq I[note 1]—was a pharaoh of ancient Egypt and the founder of the Twenty-second Dynasty of Egypt. Of Meshwesh ancestry,[2] Shoshenq I was the son of Nimlot A, Great Chief of the Ma, and his wife Tentshepeh A, a daughter of a Great Chief of the Ma herself; Shoshenq was thus the nephew of Osorkon the Elder, a Meshwesh king of the 21st Dynasty. He is generally presumed to be the Shishak mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, and his exploits are carved on the Bubastite Portal at Karnak.
^R. Krauss & D.A. Warburton "Chronological Table for the Dynastic Period" in Erik Hornung, Rolf Krauss & David Warburton (editors), Ancient Egyptian Chronology (Handbook of Oriental Studies), Brill, 2006. p. 493
^"He came from a line of princes or sheikhs of Libyan tribal descent", The New Encyclopædia Britannica, 2002, v.7, p.733. An updated on-line version of the same article, containing the same quote and last updated as of 2014, can be found online at Encyclopædia Britannica.
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