Usermaatre Setepenamun Takelot III

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Usermaatre Setepenamun Takelot III was a pharaoh of ancient Egypt’s Third Intermediate Period, ruling in the 8th century BCE and known for his contested authority and overlapping reign with other regional kings.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf King of the Twenty-third Dynasty of Egypt
ancient Egyptian pharaoh
associatedCity Thebes
associatedDeity Amun
attestedIn Theban genealogies
royal titulary lists
authorityCharacterization contested authority
child Osorkon III
Rudamun
Shepenwepet I
linked to: Shepenupet I
chronologicalStatus chronology debated by Egyptologists
conflictsWith kings of the Twenty-second Dynasty of Egypt
coregencyOrOverlapWith Pami
Shoshenq III
Shoshenq IV
dynasty Twenty-third Dynasty of Egypt
era Libyan period in Egypt
father Osorkon II
heldTitle High Priest of Amun
King of Upper and Lower Egypt
house House of Osorkon
knownFrom inscriptions at Thebes
monuments in Upper Egypt
name Takelot III
nomen Takelot
period Third Intermediate Period of Egypt
politicalContext division between northern and southern rulers in Egypt
politicalSituation overlapping reign with other regional kings
possiblePredecessor Takelot II
powerBase Amun priesthood at Thebes
predecessor Osorkon II
prenomen Usermaatre Setepenamun
regionRuled Upper Egypt
reignCenturyBCE 8th century BCE
religiousRole patron of the Amun priesthood
ruledAs regional king in Thebes
ruledPartOf fragmented Egypt
seatOfPower Thebes
spouse Karomama II
linked to: Karomama I
successor Osorkon III
Rudamun
throneNameMeaning Powerful is the Maat of Ra, Chosen of Amun

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Twenty-third Dynasty of Egypt hasPharaoh Usermaatre Setepenamun Takelot III