TWENTY-THIRD DYNASTY OF EGYPT

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The 'Twenty-third Dynasty' of ancient Egypt was a separate regime of Meshwesh Libyan kings, who ruled ancient Egypt. This dynasty is often considered part of the Third Intermediate Period.

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Rulers

Further reading

Rulers

There is much debate surrounding this dynasty, which may have been situated at Herakleopolis Magna, Hermopolis Magna, and Thebes but monuments from their reign show that they controlled Upper Egypt in parallel with the Twenty-second dynasty of Egypt shortly before the death of Osorkon II. The known rulers, in the History of Egypt, for the 'Twenty-Third Dynasty' are as follows:

'Twenty-Third Dynasty'

Name	Dates	Notes
Takelot II	840 BC – 815 BC	'Takelot II Si-Ese' Meryamun ruled Middle and Upper Egypt concurrently with the Twenty-Second Dynasty king Shoshenq III, who controlled Lower Egypt.
Pedubast I	829 BC – 804 BC	His accession as king at Thebes in Year 11 of Takelot II sparked a prolonged civil war between his faction and the forces of king Takelot II/Crown Prince Osorkon B.
Shoshenq VI	804 BC – 798 BC	Succeeded Pedubast I at Thebes and ruled Upper Egypt for 6 years.
'Osorkon III Si-Ese' Meryamun	Uncertain	Involved in a civil war which lasted for 27 long years against Pedubast I and Shoshenq VI. He was the well know High Priest Osorkon B, son of Takelot II
Takelot III	Uncertain	Osorkon III's eldest son, junior coregent and successor.
Rudamun	Uncertain	The younger brother and successor of Takelot III. A poorly attested king.
Ini	Uncertain	Only controlled Thebes during his reign.

Further reading

★ H. Jacquet Gordon, "Deux graffiti d'époque libyenne sur le toit du Temple de Khonsu à Karnak" in ''Hommages à la memoire de Serge Sauneron'', 1927-1976 (Cairo: 1979), pp.169-74.

★ K.A. Kitchen, The Third Intermediate Period in Egypt (c.1100--650 BC), 3rd ed., Warminster: 1996