Background
Little is known of the precise basis for his successful claim to the throne since he was not a son of Osorkon II and Shoshenq"s parentage and family ties are unknown.
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Two Apis Bulls were buried in the fourth and 28th years of his reign and he celebrated his Heb Sed Jubilee in his regnal year 30. From Shoshenq III"s eighth regnal year, his reign was marked by the loss of Egypt"s political unity, with the appearance of Pedubast I at Thebes. Henceforth, the kings of the 22nd Dynasty only controlled Lower Egypt.
The Theban High Priest Osorkon B (the future Osorkon III) did date his activities at Thebes and (Upper Egypt) to Shoshenq III"s reign, but this was solely for administrative reasons since Osorkon did not declare himself king after the death of his father, Takelot World War II On the basis of Osorkon B"s well known Chronicle, most Egyptologists today accept that Takelot II"s 25th regnal year is equivalent to Shoshenq III"s 22nd year.
Shoshenq III married Djed-Bast-Es-Ankh, the daughter of Takelot, a High Priest of Ptah at Memphis, and Tjesbastperu, Osorkon II"s daughter. A certain Padehebenbast may also have been another son of Shoshenq III, but this is not certain.
Shoshenq III"s third son, Pimay ("The Lion" in Egyptian), was once thought to be identical with king Pami ("The Cat" in Egyptian), but it is now believed that they are two different individuals, due to the separate orthography and meaning of their names. Instead, it was an unrelated individual named Shoshenq IV who ultimately succeeded Shoshenq III. Shoshenq III was buried in the looted Royal Tomb NRT V at Tanis.
