Osorkon C

Osorkon C (also Osorkon of Sais) was a Great Chief of the Ma and a governor of Sais in Lower Egypt, during the 22nd Dynasty.

Osorkon's ancestors are unknown; however, one of his close predecessors was prince Pimay, son of pharaoh Shoshenq III of the 22nd Dynasty.^{[citation needed ]} Osorkon is best known from the so-called "talisman of Osorkon" (Louvre E10943) – a faience amulet depicting the creation of the world with the god Ra-Horakhty as an infant, sitting on a lotus flower which rises from the primal waters^[1] – and also by some ushabti now in London.^[2] On the talisman, he is called Great Chief of the Ma, Army leader, Prophet of Neith , Prophet of Wadjet and of the Lady of Yamu (i.e. Hathor), showing that he ruled over the cities of Sais, Buto and Yamu respectively, in the end a considerable part of the Western Nile Delta.^[3]

Osorkon might have ruled c. 755 to c. 740 BCE,^[4] thus during the official reign of the late 22nd Dynasty pharaoh Shoshenq V.^[3] Osorkon was likely succeeded by the future pharaoh and founder of the 24th Dynasty, Tefnakht. In fact, in his early career Tefnakht held almost the same titles of Osorkon – plus other titles, most noticeably Great Chief of the Libu and Great Chief of the West – suggesting that he was his immediate successor.^{[5] [6]} However, the two were apparently unrelated as Osorkon can't be identified with both Tefnakht's father and grandfather, whom were named Gemnefsutkapu and Basa respectively; this situation suggested that Osorkon was overthrown by Tefnakht.^[6]

• 8th-century BC monarchs
• People of the Twenty-second Dynasty of Egypt
• People of the Twenty-fourth Dynasty of Egypt
• Chiefs of the Ma

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