Takelot I

Takelot I was a pharaoh of the Twenty-second Dynasty during the Third Intermediate Period, reigning from about 885 BC to 872 BC, with dates uncertain by around six years. The son of Osorkon I and Queen Tashedkhonsu, he succeeded Shoshenq II, governing the kingdom from the northern delta city of Tanis.

His thirteen-year reign appears to have been challenging, as the central authority of the Tanite crown faced increasing competition from the High Priests of Amun in Thebes. Takelot left very few monumental remains of his own in the archaeological record. Modern scholars know of his existence and familial relationships primarily through genealogical stelae, most notably the Stela of Pasenhor discovered at the Serapeum of Saqqara, which charts the ancestry of several generations of the dynasty.

Takelot married Queen Kapes and was succeeded by his son, Osorkon II. While his place of burial was recorded as Tanis, his specific tomb has not been located and no mummy has been found.

Monuments

• Stela of Pasenhor at Serapeum

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