Third Intermediate Period
Osorkon I (Sekhemkheperre)
22nd Dynasty (Bubastite/Libyan) · 945-715 BCE
Reign begins924 BCE
Reign ends889 BCE
Dynasty span945-715 BCE
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An era of immense wealth
Osorkon I succeeded his father Shoshenq I and ruled for roughly 35 years. Instead of aggressively expanding his father's conquests in Canaan, he focused on domestic prosperity and monumental religious donations. Temple inscriptions record that he donated staggering amounts of wealth to the gods, including over 15,000 *deben* (roughly 1,365 kilograms) of gold and 14,000 *deben* of silver to a single temple in Heliopolis. His reign marks an era of intense economic stability for the 22nd Dynasty.