Nimlot C

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Nimlot C
High Priest of Amun in Thebes
Relief Osorkon B Lepsius.jpg
Osorkon B, grandson of Nimlot C, at Karnak; Nimlot is mentioned in the inscription above him
Predecessor?
SuccessorTakelot F
Dynasty22nd Dynasty
PharaohOsorkon II
FatherOsorkon II
MotherDjedmutesankh
WifeTentsepeh C
ChildrenTakelot II, Karomama II, Djedptahefankh, Shepensopdet B

Nimlot C was a High Priest of Amun at Thebes during the reign of pharaoh Osorkon II of the 22nd Dynasty.

Biography[]

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Nimlot[1]
Era: 3rd Intermediate Period
(1069–664 BC)
Egyptian hieroglyphs

From the stela of Pasenhor it is known that Nimlot C was a son of pharaoh Osorkon II and his queen Djedmutesankh (her name is also found written "Mut-udj-ankhes").[2]

Even before becoming High Priest of Amun he already held various positions such as Count, Governor of Upper Egypt, General and army leader, High Priest of Heryshaf, Chief of Pi-Sekhemkheperre and of Herakleopolis, as shown on the Cairo Museum stele JdE 45327 dating to Year 16 of Osorkon II.[3] After this date he received the office of High Priest of Amun in Thebes,[4] leaving the government of Herakleopolis to one of his sons.[5]

There is no record about his mandate, hence it possibly was quite brief.[6] He died before the end of his father's reign since his son Takelot F (the future king Takelot II) succeeded him in office as High Priest of Amun towards the end of Osorkon II's reign.[7] This is established from the reliefs of Temple J at Karnak which depicts the High Priest Takelot F as the dedicant at a religious ceremony and mentions the ruling king of Egypt as pharaoh Osorkon II.[8] Temple J has been dated to the final years of Osorkon II's reign.

Family[]

Sitting statue of Shepensopdet B. Cairo Museum CG42228

His family relationships are attested on several monuments. He was married to Tentsepeh C, and was the father of several children:[9]

  • Takelot F, his successor as High Priest of Amun and later pharaoh Takelot II;
  • Karomama II, later Great Royal Wife of her brother Takelot II;
  • Djedptahefankh (also written Ptahudjankhef), his successor as governor of Herakleopolis;
  • Shepensopdet B, another daughter.[10]

References[]

  1. ^ Nicolas Grimal, A History of Ancient Egypt, Oxford, Blackwell Books, 1992, appendix.
  2. ^ Kitchen, op. cit., § 85.
  3. ^ Kitchen, op. cit., § 86.
  4. ^ Kitchen, op. cit., § 157.
  5. ^ Kitchen, op. cit., § 300.
  6. ^ Kitchen, op. cit., § 162.
  7. ^ David Aston, "Takelot II, A King of the 'Theban Twenty-Third Dynasty?'", JEA 75 (1989), p.147
  8. ^ Donald Redford in Orientalia 55 (1986), p.14 n.89
  9. ^ Kitchen, op. cit., §§ 70, 85, 86, t10.
  10. ^ Dodson, Aidan, Hilton, Dyan. The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt. Thames & Hudson (2004). ISBN 0-500-05128-3, p.222

Bibliography[]

  • Kenneth Kitchen, The Third Intermediate Period in Egypt (1100–650 BC), 1996, Aris & Phillips Limited, Warminster, ISBN 0-85668-298-5
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