Osorkon II.

Osorkon II Sibaste reigned from 881/880 BC to 852/851 BC as the fifth ancient Egyptian Pharaoh (king) of the 22nd Dynasty ( Third Intermediate Period ).

Titulary

• Nebti name: The parts the two ( country ) united as the son of Isis (Extras: as it combines the two crowns in peace, the gods will satisfy with doing Maat )
• Gold Name: With great power, beating the Asians, big prestige

Family

Osorkon II was the son of Takelot I and the Kapes. Osorkon II had three wives. From his first wife Karoma come three daughters and two sons by his second wife Djedmutiues the high priest of Amun of Thebes Namilt ( II ), father of the wife Takelots II His third wife was Isetemachbit. With her he had apparently no children.

Rule

To consolidate his power, he has occupied high positions with his sons. With the appointment of Harsiese whether of Osorkon II himself or his father Takelot I. is unclear, the rule was broken that no one High Priest to be, whose father was already high priest. The idea was to prevent competing dynasties. Harsiese then has actually seized power in the south. After his death his son continued Takelot I. Namilt ( II ), High Priest and general in Herakleopolis, as a successor. High Priest of Ptah at Memphis was his eldest son Sheshonk.

From his third year of reign ( 879 BC ) comes an inscription from the temple of Luxor, which is a fest of August 1, Greg. ( 12 Tybi ) mentioned at the inundation occurred. Amun Re was given to you as a bearer of the Nile flood.

Construction

In Tanis he adds to the Temple of Amun add a vestibule with door construction and, in the east of this temple complex is another sanctuary is built. His grave is located within the walls of this Amuntempels ( grave V). It was robbed by P. Montet at its discovery in 1939. In him also Harnacht was buried.

In a cycle in the fixed portal of the temple of Bubastis he can represent the crime committed in his 22nd year sed festival. Normally, the sed festival is celebrated only in the 30th year of a ruler, so to assume that is that it I was taken as a reference point for the counting of the Government of Takelot as this about seven years to have reigned.

Foreign Policy

Following the example Sheshonk I. and Osorkon I. He donates a statue to Byblos. An alabaster jar from the palace of Omri and Ahab in Samaria testified relations between the two countries. They probably form a common defense against the Assyrian empire under Ashurnasirpal II and Shalmaneser III. To fight back when the battle of Qarqar 853 BC, in Hamath, Damascus, Israel and other principalities (including Byblos ) Assyria, struggling with an Egyptian contingent of 1,000 soldiers.

His death

Osorkon II died shortly after the battle of Qarqar, the sed festival and the funeral of Apisstieres. Successor was perhaps his son Takelot II, who is already being used, in the 23th year of Osorkon II co-regent. According to another view Sheshonk was III. Successor of Osorkon II Takelot II is said to have ruled simultaneously in Upper Egypt against it.