Osorkon III

Osorkon III
Kneeling statue of Osorkon III pushing a barque of Seker, from Karnak
Pharaoh
Reign	28 years
Predecessor	Shoshenq VI
Successor	Takelot III
Royal titulary Horus name Kanakht Khaimwaset K3-nḫt-ḫ3j-m-W3st Strong bull appearing in Thebes Nebty name Setibtawy St-jb-tȝwj The place of the heart of the two lands[1] Prenomen  (Praenomen) Usermaatre Setepenamun Wsr-Mȝˁt-Rˁ-stp-n-Jmn Rich in Maat is Ra, the chosen one of Amun Nomen Userken Meryamun Saiset Wsrkn-s3-3st-mrj-Jmn Osorkon, beloved of Amun, son of Isis
Consort	Karoadjet, Tentsai
Children	Shepenupet I, Takelot III, Rudamun
Father	Takelot II
Mother	Karomama II
Dynasty	23rd Dynasty

Usermaatre Setepenamun Osorkon III Si-Ese was Pharaoh of Egypt in the 8th Century BC. He is the same person as the Crown Prince and High Priest of Amun Osorkon B, son of Takelot II by his Great Royal Wife Karomama II. Prince Osorkon B is best attested by his Chronicle—which consists of a series of texts documenting his activities at Thebes—on the Bubastite Portal at Karnak.^[2] He later reigned as king Osorkon III in Upper Egypt for twenty-eight years after defeating the rival forces of Pedubast I/Shoshenq VI who had apparently resisted the authority of his father here. Osorkon ruled the last five years of his reign in coregency with his son, Takelot III, according to Karnak Nile Level Text No. 13.^[3] Osorkon III's formal titulary was long and elaborate: Usermaatre Setepenamun, Osorkon Si-Ese Meryamun, Netjer-Heqa-waset.^[4]