Hedjkheperre Setepenre Takelot I an Amazigh Egyptian Pharaoh 885–872 BC (22nd Dynasty)

The Sarcophagus of Takelot I[/caption] Predecessor Shoshenq II or Tutkheperre Shoshenq Successor Osorkon II Royal titulary Children Osorkon II Father Osorkon I Mother Tashedkhonsu Died 872 BC Hedjkheperre Setepenre Takelot I was a son of Osorkon I and Queen Tashedkhons who ruled Egypt for 13 Years according to Manetho. Takelot would marry Queen Kapes who bore him Osorkon II. Initially, Takelot was believed to be an ephemeral Dynasty 22 Pharaoh since no monuments at Tanis or Lower Egypt could be conclusively linked to his reign, or mentioned his existence, except for the famous Pasenhor Serapeum stela which dates to Year 37 of Shoshenq V. However, since the late 1980s, Egyptologists have assigned several documents mentioning a king Takelot in Lower Egypt to him rather than Takelot II. Takelot I’s reign was relatively short when compared to the three decades-long reigns of his father Osorkon I and son, Osorkon II. Takelot I, rather than Takelot II, was the king Hedjkheperre Setepenre Takelot who is attested by a Year 9 stela from Bubastis as well as the owner of a partly robbed Royal Tomb at Tanis which belonged to this ruler as the German Egyptologist Karl Jansen-Winkeln reported in a 1987 Varia Aegyptiaca 3 (1987), pp. 253–258 paper.[1] Evidently, both king Takelots used the same prenomen or royal name: Hedjkheperre Setepenre. The main difference between Takelot I and II is that Takelot I never employed the Theban inspired epithet ‘Si-Ese’ (Son of Isis) in his titulary, unlike Takelot II.[2] As Kenneth Kitchen writes in the third (1996) edition of his book on The Third Intermediate Period in Egypt: “It was Takeloth I who first used the prenomen Hedjkheperre Setepenre (in imitation of his grandfather Shoshenq I), being followed in this [practise] by Takeloth II. The only clear distinction…between Takeloth I and II (as both use the epithet Meriamun) is that Takeloth II uses also the epithet Si-Ese, “Son of Isis”, in his second cartouche. A second marker suggested by Jansen-Winkeln (with some reserve) is that Takeloth I has his name spelt with the vertical t-sign (Gardiner U33, ti becoming t), while [both] Takeloth II and III use the small loaf t-sign (X 1), and the rope-tether sign (V 13). This criterion…seems sound. This would suggest attributing to Takeloth I (not II) a donation-stela of Year 9 (from Bubastis), another in Berlin (also from Bubastis) and a fragment in the former Grant collection. This also bears on the high priests of Ptah at Memphis and the Serapeum. There, a block is known bearing the name of a high priest Merenptah and a pair of cartouches hitherto attributed to Takeloth II which, in fact, correspond precisely to those now attributable to Takeloth I (no Si-Ese; tall t). Therefore it seems proper to move this priest back in time to the reign of Takeloth I.”[2] Contents 1 Tomb 2 Authority 3 References 4 Further reading Tomb The evidence that the royal Tanite tomb belonged to Takelot I was suggested long ago by the presence of grave goods found within the burial which mentioned his known parents: “namely a Gold Bracelet (Cairo JE 72199) and an alabaster Jar (Cairo JE 86962) of Osorkon I, and a Ushabti figure of Queen Tashedkhons.”[3] In addition, a heart scarab found in the king’s burial gave his name simply as “Takelot Meryamun” without the Si-Ese epithet used by Takelot II. Recent confirmation of this circumstantial evidence was published by the German scholar Jansen-Winkeln in 1987.[4] His examination of several inscriptions written on the tomb’s walls proved beyond doubt that the person buried here could only be Takelot I, Osorkon II’s father. Jansen-Winkeln’s conclusions have been accepted by Egyptologists today including Professor Kenneth Kitchen. Osorkon II arranged for this aforementioned inscription to be carved on a scene in his tomb where Osorkon is depicted adoring Osiris and Udjo (as a uraeus). “ [Made?] by the King of the South & North Egypt, Lord of Both Lands, Usimare Setepenamun, Son of Re, Lord of Crowns, Osorkon II Meryamun, [to furbish] the Osiris (ie: deceased) King Takelot Meryamun in his Mansion which is [an abode] of the Sun-disc: I have caused him to rest in this Mansion in the vicinity of ‘Hidden-of Name’ (Amun), according to the doing by a son of benefactions for his father, [to] furbish the one who has made his fortune in conformity with that Horus Son-of-Isis, commanded for his father, Wennufer. How pleasant (it is) in my heart, for the Lord of the Gods! ” Above the inscription was carved the cartouche of Osorkon II and the following text. “ A Son, furbishing the one who created (ie: begot) him.[5] ” This Text establishes that Osorkon II honoured his father by reburying him in the Tanite royal tomb complex. Takelot I’s final resting place forms the third chamber of Osorkon II’s tomb which means that Osorkon II interred his father within the walls of his own tomb. Takelot I was buried in an usurped Middle Kingdom sarcophagus that was inscribed with his own cartouche.[6] Authority Takelot I’s authority was not fully recognised in Upper Egypt, and Harsiese A, or another local Theban king, challenged his power there. Several Nile Quay Texts at Thebes mention two sons of Osorkon I namely the High Priests of Amun Iuwelot and Smendes III in Years 5, 8 and 14 of an anonymous king who can only be Takelot I since Takelot I was their brother.[7] Uniquely, however, the Quay Texts specifically omit any reference to the identity of the king himself. This might suggest that there was a dispute in the royal succession following Osorkon I’s death in Upper Egypt, which seriously impaired Takelot I’s control there. Harsiese A, as the son of the High Priest Shoshenq C and grandson of Osorkon I, or a hypothethical king named Maatkheperre Shoshenq must have appeared as a rival. The Theban priests henceforth, chose to avoid any involvement in this dispute by deliberately leaving the name of the king in the Quay Texts ‘Blank’ rather than choosing sides, as G. Broekman notes in his study of the Karnak Quay Texts.[8] This situation was ultimately later resolved by Osorkon II who is clearly attested as Pharaoh at Thebes by his 12th Regnal Year, according to Nile Quay Text No.8 and Text No.9. References Wikimedia Commons has media related to Takelot I. ^ K.A. Kitchen, in the introduction to his third 1996 edition of “The Third Intermediate Period in Egypt (c.1100-650 BC),” Aris & Phillips Ltd. pp.xxiii ^ to: a b Kitchen, p.xxiii ^ D.A. Aston, Takeloth II: A King of the ‘Theban Twenty-Third Dynasty?,’ pp.143-144 ^ Karl Jansen-Winkeln, “Thronname und Begräbnis Takeloth I,” Varia Aegyptica 3, (December 1987), pp.253-258 ^ English translation of Jansen-Winkeln’s VA 3 (1987) study of Takelot’s tomb by K.A. Kitchen, in the introduction to his 3rd 1996 edition of “The Third Intermediate Period in Egypt (c.1100-650 BC),” Aris & Phillips Ltd. pp.xxii-xxiii ^ Tanis ^ Kitchen, pp.121-122 ^ Gerard Broekman, “The Nile Level Records of the Twenty-Second and Twenty-Third Dynasties in Karnak,” JEA 88(2002), pp.170 & 173 Further readingt] Gerard Broekman, “The Nile Level Records of the Twenty-Second and Twenty-Third Dynasties in Karnak,” JEA 88(2002), pp. 163–178. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takelot_I Takelot I Pharaoh Osorkon I Osorkon II From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Takelot I was the fourth Pharaoh of the Twenty-second Dynasty of Egypt and ruled from 889 BC to 874 BC He was the son of Osorkon I and Tashedkhons, a minor wife. He married and fathered Kapes Osorkon II who was also the Pharaoh’s Egypt . The reign of Takelot I was quite obscure, reigned for 15 years and did not leave monuments. Saw the beginning of Egypt fragmentation can in two centers. Osorkon II, his son, succeeded him on the throne as pharaoh in 874 BC, about the same time that his cousin Horsaisis succeeded his father (Chechonq II) as High Priest of Amun at Karnak . Government had problems with his brother Iulot, High Priest of Amun at Thebes , who claimed the throne, failing however their attempts due to the presence of a military garrison that surrounded the city of Heracleopolis. While maintaining the can, Takelot I saw the unit changed quite country. Egyptian Pharaoh. A Pharaoh of Egypt’s Twenty Second Dynasty, he ruled from 885 BC until his death in 872 BC. He reigned during the Third Intermediate Period, a time of unrest in which his control over Upper Egypt was challenged by the local Theban “King” Harsiese “A”. Evidence for his thirteen year reign comes from the Pasenhor Serapeum Stele and also from two donation stele that he erected at Bubastis. His mummy was moved from its original, now lost, tomb by his son, Osorkon II and reburied at Tanis in a usurped Middle Kingdom sarcophagus. His tomb was robbed in antiquity, but the thieves left behind several important artefacts, including a heart scarab, an alabaster jar and a gold bracelet. (bio by: js) Biography of Faraón de Egipto Takelot I (889-874 a.C.) (Tklt) Third Pharaoh (or fourth, if you posted the coregency of Shoshenq II, taken with Osorkón I) dynasty XXII Egyptian, son of the aforementioned Osorkon I and a secondary wife of name Tashkhendkhons. His reign was likely developed in the midst of true well-being; the religious and military positions were occupied by members of his family (brothers, mostly). His performance as King is unknown due to lack of enrollment, while some of their data were transmitted by the genealogical Stela of Pasenhor II, written some time later. His wife was Kapes, the mother of his son and successor, Osorkón II.]]>