Sheshonk II

Sheshonk II was High Priest of Amun at Thebes and probably briefly co-ruler of his father Osorkon I. His brothers were Takelot I and the High Priest Iuwelot and Smendes III. He was also married to Nestanebtaschru and had with her ​​son Harsiese, later High Priest of Amun at Thebes and anti-king. The mother of the Sheshonk II was Maatkare, the daughter Psusennes II.

Documents

Sheshonk II is charged 924 BC by his father as a successor to his deceased half-brother Iupet High Priest of Amun at Thebes. In one of four statues in Karnak he writes his name in a cartouche, which he logs on his claim to power. He describes himself as "Lord of the South and the North", " the leader of the great army of all Egypt ." Sheshonk II bears the throne name: suddenly with princely figure, Chosen of Re and dies. Thus, the rule passes to his own half-brother Iuwelot.

His grave

Is buried Sheshonk II in the antechamber of the tomb of Psusennes I with a rich grave goods ( gold mask, falcon- headed silver coffin, pectoral, silver viscera coffins, canopic jars and amulets ).

Sheshonk II: Name for more than a pharaoh?

At the international conference The Libyan Period in Egypt: Historical and chronological problems of the The Third Intermediate Period of the Department of Egyptology at the University of Leiden in October 2007 was noted and reaffirmed in a resolution that the name Sheshonk II used for at least three different Pharaohs will. These are:

• Heqa - cheper -Re Shoshenq ( Sheshonk II a)
• Tut- cheper -Re Shoshenq ( Sheshonk II b)
• Maa- cheper -Re Shoshenq ( Sheshonk II c)