Twenty-third Dynasty of Egypt

E174445

Egyptian dynasty political entity

The Twenty-third Dynasty of Egypt was a period of fragmented rule during the Third Intermediate Period, when a line of Libyan-origin pharaohs governed from the city of Bubastis and other regional power centers.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Twenty-third Dynasty of Egypt canonical	16
Twenty-third Dynasty royal house	1
Twenty‑third Dynasty of Egypt	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1487086 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Twenty-third Dynasty of Egypt
Context triple: [Bubastis, importantInDynasty, Twenty-third Dynasty of Egypt]

A. Twenty-eighth Dynasty of Egypt
The Twenty-eighth Dynasty of Egypt was a brief native Egyptian royal line of the Late Period, founded by the pharaoh Amyrtaeus after the expulsion of Persian rule.
B. Twenty-ninth Dynasty of Egypt
The Twenty-ninth Dynasty of Egypt was a short-lived native ruling house of the Late Period, known for its efforts to maintain Egyptian independence amid recurring Persian threats in the 4th century BCE.
C. Twenty-seventh Dynasty of Egypt
The Twenty-seventh Dynasty of Egypt was a period of Persian (Achaemenid) rule over Egypt, marked by foreign administration and integration into a wider imperial system.
D. Twenty-second Dynasty of Egypt
The Twenty-second Dynasty of Egypt was a Libyan-origin royal line that ruled during the Third Intermediate Period, with its power base centered in the Delta city of Bubastis.
E. Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt
The Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt was a Kushite (Nubian) royal line that ruled Egypt in the 8th–7th centuries BCE, noted for reviving traditional Egyptian culture, religion, and monumental building during a period of foreign domination.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Twenty-third Dynasty of Egypt
Target entity description: The Twenty-third Dynasty of Egypt was a period of fragmented rule during the Third Intermediate Period, when a line of Libyan-origin pharaohs governed from the city of Bubastis and other regional power centers.

A. Twenty-eighth Dynasty of Egypt
The Twenty-eighth Dynasty of Egypt was a brief native Egyptian royal line of the Late Period, founded by the pharaoh Amyrtaeus after the expulsion of Persian rule.
B. Twenty-ninth Dynasty of Egypt
The Twenty-ninth Dynasty of Egypt was a short-lived native ruling house of the Late Period, known for its efforts to maintain Egyptian independence amid recurring Persian threats in the 4th century BCE.
C. Twenty-seventh Dynasty of Egypt
The Twenty-seventh Dynasty of Egypt was a period of Persian (Achaemenid) rule over Egypt, marked by foreign administration and integration into a wider imperial system.
D. Twenty-second Dynasty of Egypt
The Twenty-second Dynasty of Egypt was a Libyan-origin royal line that ruled during the Third Intermediate Period, with its power base centered in the Delta city of Bubastis.
E. Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt
The Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt was a Kushite (Nubian) royal line that ruled Egypt in the 8th–7th centuries BCE, noted for reviving traditional Egyptian culture, religion, and monumental building during a period of foreign domination.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Egyptian dynasty ⓘ political entity ⓘ
associatedSite	Bubastis necropolis ⓘ
associatedWithDeity	Bastet ⓘ
capital	Bubastis ⓘ
chronologicalUncertainty	exact regnal sequence disputed by Egyptologists ⓘ
country	Ancient Egypt ⓘ linked to: Pharaonic Egypt
dynastyNumber	23 ⓘ
endTime	c. 712 BCE ⓘ
ethnicOriginOfRulers	Libyan ⓘ
followedBy	Twenty-fourth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
follows	Twenty-second Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
governmentForm	monarchy ⓘ
hasPharaoh	Ini ⓘ Iuput I ⓘ Menkeperre Rudamun ⓘ Osorkon III ⓘ Pami (possibly associated) ⓘ linked to: Pami Pedubast I ⓘ Pedubast II (disputed attribution) ⓘ linked to: Pedubast I Rudamun ⓘ Shoshenq VI ⓘ Takelot III ⓘ Usermaatre Setepenamun Osorkon III ⓘ linked to: Osorkon III Usermaatre Setepenamun Takelot III ⓘ
hasPredecessorDynasty	Libyan Twenty-second Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ linked to: Twenty-second Dynasty of Egypt
hasRegionalPowerCenter	Herakleopolis Magna ⓘ Hermopolis ⓘ Thebes ⓘ
hasRulingHouseOrigin	Meshwesh Libyans ⓘ
historiographicalCategory	Libyan period in Egypt ⓘ
language	Ancient Egyptian language ⓘ linked to: Ancient Egyptian
mainPowerBase	Lower Egypt ⓘ
namedAfter	ordinal number twenty-three ⓘ
notableConflict	rivalry with Theban priesthood ⓘ
notableEvent	concurrent kingship in different regions of Egypt ⓘ
overlapsWith	Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ Twenty-second Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
partOf	Third Intermediate Period of Egypt ⓘ
period	Third Intermediate Period of Egypt ⓘ
politicalSituation	fragmented rule ⓘ
region	Nile Delta ⓘ
religion	Ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
startTime	c. 828 BCE ⓘ
usesRoyalTitle	King of Upper and Lower Egypt ⓘ Son of Ra ⓘ

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Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bubastis → importantInDynasty → Twenty-third Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Third Intermediate Period of Egypt → hasPart → Twenty-third Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Twenty-second Dynasty of Egypt → followedBy → Twenty-third Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Twenty-fourth Dynasty of Egypt → predecessor → Twenty-third Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Pedubast I → dynasty → Twenty-third Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Pedubast I → house → Twenty-third Dynasty royal house ⓘ

linked to: Twenty-third Dynasty of Egypt

Nubian Dynasty → follows → Twenty-third Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Libyan Dynasty → followedBy → Twenty-third Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Meshwesh Libyans → associatedWithDynasty → Twenty-third Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Iuput I → dynasty → Twenty-third Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Takelot III → dynasty → Twenty-third Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Rudamun → dynasty → Twenty-third Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Ini → dynasty → Twenty-third Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Menkeperre Rudamun → dynasty → Twenty-third Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Osorkon III → dynasty → Twenty‑third Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

linked to: Twenty-third Dynasty of Egypt

Usermaatre Setepenamun Takelot III → dynasty → Twenty-third Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Shoshenq VI → dynasty → Twenty-third Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

House of Shoshenq → followedBy → Twenty-third Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

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