Tutkheperre Shoshenq

Tutkheperre Shoshenq
Tutkheperre Shoshenq
Shoshenq IIb
Pharaoh
Reign	circa 880s BC
Predecessor	Unknown
Successor	Unknown
Prenomen (Praenomen)
Prenomen (Praenomen)
	Tutkheperre
Nomen
	Shoshenq
	;
Dynasty	22nd Dynasty

Tutkheperre Shoshenq or Shoshenq IIb^[2] is an obscure Third Intermediate Period ancient Egyptian pharaoh whose existence was, until recently, doubted. In 2004, a GM 203 German article by Eva R. Lange on a newly discovered stone block decoration from the Temple of Bubastis that bore his rare royal prenomen, Tutkheperre, confirmed his existence because his name is found in Lower and Upper Egypt.^[3] Tutkheperre's prenomen translates approximately as "Appearance (or Coming Forth) of the Image of Re."

^ Based on the style of 22nd dynasty royal names, the missing part is likely to be "setep-en-Amun". Lange, p.69.
^ [1] At the October 2007 Egyptological Conference on the History and Chronology of the Libyan Period in Egypt at Leiden University, the conference members voted unanimously to designate him as Shoshenq IIb; this does not, however, imply that his existence is recognized by all scholars at this time; there is agreement as to how to refer to him.
^ Eva R. Lange, Ein Neuer König Schoschenk in Bubastis, GM 203(2004), pp.65-71.

[1] Based on the style of 22nd dynasty royal names, the missing part is likely to be "setep-en-Amun". Lange, p.69.

[2] [1] At the October 2007 Egyptological Conference on the History and Chronology of the Libyan Period in Egypt at Leiden University, the conference members voted unanimously to designate him as Shoshenq IIb; this does not, however, imply that his existence is recognized by all scholars at this time; there is agreement as to how to refer to him.

[3] Eva R. Lange, Ein Neuer König Schoschenk in Bubastis, GM 203(2004), pp.65-71.

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