entity · person_shoshenq_i
Shoshenq I
Also known as: Sheshonq I, Shoshenk I
Founder or first major ruler of Egypt’s Twenty-Second Dynasty in conventional reconstructions.
Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: proposed. This is separate from specialist review.
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Chronology
Dating intervals may describe uncertainty or phases; their width alone does not establish event duration.
950 BCE–920 BCE
Precision: approximate
- informs · provides chronology
Ancient Egyptian Chronology — Hornung, Erik, Krauss, Rolf, Warburton, David A., editors (2006)Provides chronology models for Shoshenq I.
Locator: Third Intermediate Period chronology chapters - informs · contextualizes
The Libyan Period in Egypt: an essay in interpretation — Leahy, Anthony (1985)Provides historical interpretation of Libyan-associated rulership in Egypt.
Locator: pp. 51–65
Research description
Shoshenq I was an Egyptian king with Libyan-associated elite ancestry and titles. His reign belongs to Egyptian political history and should not be mapped as rule over all of North Africa. Competing absolute chronologies are preserved separately.
Evidence and sources
- informs · provides chronology
Ancient Egyptian Chronology — Hornung, Erik, Krauss, Rolf, Warburton, David A., editors (2006)Provides chronology models for Shoshenq I.
Locator: Third Intermediate Period chronology chapters - informs · contextualizes
The Libyan Period in Egypt: an essay in interpretation — Leahy, Anthony (1985)Provides historical interpretation of Libyan-associated rulership in Egypt.
Locator: pp. 51–65