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Shoshenq C was the eldest son of Osorkon I and Queen Maatkare and served as the High Priest of Amun at Thebes during his father's reign. Consequently, he was the most important official in Upper Egypt after the king himself. He has generally been equated with Heqakheperre Shoshenq II and viewed as a short-lived coregent to his father based on a statue but this assumption remains to be proven. In this statue Shoshenq C is called "the Master of the two lands" and the formula "beloved of Amun" is enclosed within a cartouche. However, in the text of the statue,

he is not given a specific throne name or prenomen,
the use of a cartouche by a royal prince is attested in other periods of Egyptian history such as that of Amenmes, son of Thutmose I and
the documents depicts Sheshenq C as a simple High Priest of Amun on the side of the legs of the Nile God, rather than a king.

More significantly, none of Shoshenq C's three Wives were ever called a Royal Wife and none of his 3 children--a Priest Osorkon whose funerary papyri is now in the St Petersburg Museum, the Priest Harsiese who is known by a Bes-statue in Durham Museum and was probably the future king Harsiese A, and the God's Wife Karomama-Merytmut--ever gave their father a Royal title on their own funerary objects. These facts all imply that the High Priest Shoshenq C was not a king in his own right and is unconnected to Shoshenq II, whose Royal tomb was found intact in Tanis.

Finally, Shoshenq II did not include any momentoes or objects which mention Osorkon I within his own tomb which is strange if he was truly a son of this king. Other Dynasty 22 kings such as Takelot I, employed funerary goods that belonged to, or named their parents, in their own tombs. The High Priest Shoshenq C was probably succeeded in office by Iuwelot, who was also another son of Osorkon I. Shoshenq C's son, Harsiese A, later became king over Thebes and Middle Egypt either during Takelot I or Osorkon II's reign.

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 * the documents depicts Sheshenq C as a simple High Priest of Amun on the side of the legs of the Nile God, rather than a king.
-More significantly, none of Shoshenq C's three Wives were ever called a Royal Wife and none of his 3 children--a Priest Osorkon whose funerary papyri is now in the St Petersburg Museum, the Priest Harsiese who is known by a Bes-statue in Durham Museum and was probably the future king [[Harsiese A]]), and the God's Wife Karomama-Merytmut--ever gave their father a Royal title on their own funerary objects. These facts all imply that the High Priest Shoshenq C was not a king in his own right and is unconnected to [[Shoshenq II]], whose Royal tomb was found intact in Tanis.
+More significantly, none of Shoshenq C's three Wives were ever called a Royal Wife and none of his 3 children--a Priest Osorkon whose funerary papyri is now in the St Petersburg Museum, the Priest Harsiese who is known by a Bes-statue in Durham Museum and was probably the future king [[Harsiese A]], and the God's Wife Karomama-Merytmut--ever gave their father a Royal title on their own funerary objects. These facts all imply that the High Priest Shoshenq C was not a king in his own right and is unconnected to [[Shoshenq II]], whose Royal tomb was found intact in Tanis.
 Finally, Shoshenq II did not include any momentoes or objects which mention Osorkon I within his own tomb which is strange if he was truly a son of this king. Other Dynasty 22 kings such as Takelot I, employed funerary goods that belonged to, or named their parents, in their own tombs. The High Priest Shoshenq C was probably succeeded in office by Iuwelot, who was also another son of Osorkon I. Shoshenq C's son, Harsiese A, later became king over Thebes and Middle Egypt either during [[Takelot I]] or Osorkon II's reign.