Shoshenq II
The designation Shoshenq II is variously associated by scholars with several different Egyptian royal names, most commonly Heqakheperre Shoshenq IIa, discussed below, but also Tutkheperre Shoshenq IIb and Maatkheperre Shoshenq IIc, and is sometimes applied to the High Priest of Amun Shoshenq Q.
| Shoshenq IIa | |
|---|---|
Gold funerary mask of Heqakheperre Shoshenq in the Cairo Museum | |
| Pharaoh | |
| Reign | uncertain, possibly c. 873 BC (if not identical to Shoshenq I) |
| Predecessor | uncertain, possibly Takelot I |
| Successor | uncertain, possibly Osorkon II |
| Died | uncertain, possibly c. 873 BC |
| Burial | original place unknown, reburied in NRT III, Tanis |
| Dynasty | 22nd Dynasty |
Heqakheperre-setepenre Shoshenq-meryamun (Egyptian ḥqȝ-ḫpr-rʿ stp-n-rʿ ššnq mrj-jmn), arbitrarily designated Shoshenq IIa, was a pharaoh of the 22nd Dynasty. King Heqakheperre Shoshenq is known entirely from his funerary effects, discovered in his reburial at Tanis by Pierre Montet in 1939. Scholars disagree as to the identity and chronological placement of the king.
The royal throne name or prenomen, Heqakheperre Setepenre, has been interpreted as "The manifestation of Ra rules, the chosen one of Ra," or as "The ruler is the (very) manifestation of Ra, the chosen one of Ra."