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Osorkon III

r. c. 787–759 BCE · 8th century BCE

Osorkon III was a king of the Twenty-third Dynasty of Egypt, a Libyan line that ruled parts of Upper Egypt alongside the Bubastite kings. He ruled as co-regent with his son Takelot III and placed his family as high priests of Amun and as God's Wife of Amun at Thebes, a post held by his daughter Shepenupet I.

Osorkon III
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Twenty-third Dynasty of Egypt

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Osorkon III. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/osorkon-iii
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