Manéthon calls it Siamon (Saïte) and nine years of reign of -978 with counts to him -959. It is one of the famous figures of same if it is under its reign that occurs the large last plundering of the necropolis thebaine which led the Grand priest of Amon to bury the royal mummies in the tomb of Inhâpy to Deir el-Bahari (fall DB320).

Genealogy

See also: Family tree of XXIe Egyptian dynasty

He is either the son of Aménémopé or that of Osorkon old the.

Titulature

Reign

Of all the kings of this dynasty, it is without any most active doubt. Under its reign, the Egypt finds a more dynamic foreign policy. It carries out a war against the Philistin S which threatened the accesses to the ports, it takes and devastates Gezer. It is for this period that the king David invades the kingdom of Édom and constrained its king Haddad to escape. It arrives then to Egypt where Siamon accommodates it and gives him in marriage an Egyptian princess. From this union is born a son, Genoubath, which is high at the court of Pharaon. With died of David, Haddad takes again his kingdom under the protection of the Egyptians.

At this point in time Solomon (-970 with -931) becomes king of Israel. Siamon also passes an alliance with him which is concretized again by a marriage of the king of Israel with an Egyptian princess.

The architectural activity of Siamon is marked by the enlarging of the temple of Amon of Tanis with the construction in particular of large a pylon which it makes decorate of a pair of Obélisque certainly taken on the site of pi-Ramsès. It makes build or already increase the temple of Mout located at the south east of the enclosure of Amon, thus completing the town planning of the Thèbes of North.

He undertakes also work with Héliopolis and with Memphis or he supports there the clergy of Ptah in place and makes build a temple of Amon.

He dies without descent.

Burial

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