Career
Since Shoshenq VI"s prenomen is inscribed on Hor IX"s funerary cones, this indicates that Hor IX outlived Pedubast I and made his funeral arrangements under Shoshenq VI instead. His prenomen or royal name was "Usermaatre Meryamun Shoshenq" which is unusual because it is the only known example where the epithet "Meryamun" (Beloved of Amun) appears within a king"s cartouche. Shoshenq VI"s High Priest of Amun was a certain Takelot who first appears in office in Year 23 of Pedubast I.
Shoshenq VI"s Year 4 and Year 6 are attested in an inscription carved on the roof of the Temple of Monthu at Karnak by a certain Djedioh and in Nile Quay Text Number.25 respectively.
(NOTE: The old king Shoshenq IV in pre-1993 books and journal articles has been renamed Shoshenq VI by Egyptologists today because he was a Theban king who is only attested by Upper Egyptian documents This monarch was never a ruler of the Tanite based 22nd Dynasty of Egypt).