Iuput
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Iuput was High Priest of Amun from 944 to 924 BCE, during the reigns of his father Shoshenq I
and his brother Osorkon I
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Iuput held a variety of titles including high priest of Amun, generalissimo and army-leader and Governor of Upper Egypt.
It is not known who Iuput's mother was, but it is assumed that Lady Tashepenbast was his sister. Nimlot B and Osorkon I
were (half-)brothers of Iuput. Iuput's daughter by an unknown wife was named Nesikhonsupakhered. She was the wife of Djedkhonsiufankh, who was a fourth priest of Amun.
Djed-ptah-ef-ankh A served as second and third prophet of Amun in ca 945-935 BCE. Djed-ptah-ef-ankh was called the "King's Son of Ramesses" and "King's Son of the Lord of the Two Lands". He may have been related to the previous dynasty. Djed-ptah-ef-ankh was buried in the cache in DB320.
Nesy who was a chief of the Mahasun (a Libyan tribe) served as fourth prophet of Amun.
Shoshenq I
Hedjkheperre Setepenre Shoshenq I , , also known as Sheshonk or Sheshonq I , was a Meshwesh Berber king of Egypt—of Libyan ancestry—and the founder of the Twenty-second Dynasty...
and his brother Osorkon I
Osorkon I
The son of Shoshenq I and his chief consort, Karomat A, Osorkon I was the second king of Egypt's 22nd Dynasty and ruled around 922 BC – 887 BC. He succeeded his father Shoshenq I who probably died within a year of his successful 923 BC campaign against the kingdoms of Israel and Judah...
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Iuput held a variety of titles including high priest of Amun, generalissimo and army-leader and Governor of Upper Egypt.
It is not known who Iuput's mother was, but it is assumed that Lady Tashepenbast was his sister. Nimlot B and Osorkon I
Osorkon I
The son of Shoshenq I and his chief consort, Karomat A, Osorkon I was the second king of Egypt's 22nd Dynasty and ruled around 922 BC – 887 BC. He succeeded his father Shoshenq I who probably died within a year of his successful 923 BC campaign against the kingdoms of Israel and Judah...
were (half-)brothers of Iuput. Iuput's daughter by an unknown wife was named Nesikhonsupakhered. She was the wife of Djedkhonsiufankh, who was a fourth priest of Amun.
Other Priests and Priestesses
From Iuput's time a handful of other people are known to have held positions in the Amun priesthood.Djed-ptah-ef-ankh A served as second and third prophet of Amun in ca 945-935 BCE. Djed-ptah-ef-ankh was called the "King's Son of Ramesses" and "King's Son of the Lord of the Two Lands". He may have been related to the previous dynasty. Djed-ptah-ef-ankh was buried in the cache in DB320.
Nesy who was a chief of the Mahasun (a Libyan tribe) served as fourth prophet of Amun.