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{{Infobox Egyptian dignitary
| Name= Nimlot C
| Style = High Priest of Amun in Thebes
| Image =Relief Osorkon B Lepsius.jpg
| Caption=Osorkon B, grandson of Nimlot C, at Karnak; Nimlot is mentioned in the inscription above him
| ImageSize=
| Predecessor= ?
| Successor= [[Takelot II|Takelot F]]
| Dynasty= [[Twenty-second Dynasty of Egypt|22nd&nbsp;Dynasty]] 
| Pharaoh= [[Osorkon II]]
| Father=  Osorkon II
| Mother= Djedmutesankh
| Wife= Tentsepeh C
| Children= [[Takelot II]], [[Karomama II]], Djedptahefankh, Shepensopdet B
| Burial= 
}}
'''Nimlot C''' was a [[Theban High Priests of Amun|High Priest of Amun at Thebes]] during the reign of [[pharaoh]] [[Osorkon II]] of the [[22nd Dynasty]].

==Biography==
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From the [[stela of Pasenhor]] it is known that Nimlot C was a son of pharaoh Osorkon II and his queen Djedmutesankh (her name is also found written "Mut-udj-ankhes").<ref>Kitchen, op. cit., § 85.</ref>

Even before becoming High Priest of [[Amun]] he already held various positions such as Count, Governor of [[Upper Egypt]], General and army leader, High Priest of [[Heryshaf]], Chief of [[Pi-Sekhemkheperre]] and of [[Heracleopolis Magna|Herakleopolis]], as shown on the [[Cairo Museum]] stele JdE 45327 dating to Year 16 of Osorkon II.<ref>Kitchen, op. cit., § 86.</ref> After this date he received the office of High Priest of Amun in [[Thebes, Egypt|Thebes]],<ref>Kitchen, op. cit., § 157.</ref> leaving the government of Herakleopolis to one of his sons.<ref>Kitchen, op. cit., § 300.</ref>

There is no record about his mandate, hence it possibly was quite brief.<ref>Kitchen, op. cit., § 162.</ref> He died before the end of his father's reign since his son Takelot F (the future king [[Takelot II]]) succeeded him in office as High Priest of Amun towards the end of Osorkon II's reign.<ref>David Aston, "Takelot II, A King of the 'Theban Twenty-Third Dynasty?'", ''JEA'' 75 (1989), p.147</ref> This is established from the reliefs of Temple J at [[Karnak]] which depicts the High Priest Takelot F as the dedicant at a religious ceremony and mentions the ruling king of Egypt as pharaoh Osorkon II.<ref>[[Donald Redford]] in ''Orientalia'' 55 (1986), p.14 n.89</ref> Temple J has been dated to the final years of Osorkon II's reign.

===Family===
[[Image:Statue CG42228 Legrain.jpg|thumb|140px|Sitting statue of Shepensopdet B. Cairo Museum CG42228]]
His family relationships are attested on several monuments. He was married to Tentsepeh C, and was the father of several children:<ref>Kitchen, op. cit., §§ 70, 85, 86, t10.</ref>
*Takelot F, his successor as High Priest of Amun and later pharaoh Takelot II;
*[[Karomama II]], later [[Great Royal Wife]] of her brother Takelot II;
*Djedptahefankh (also written Ptahudjankhef), his successor as governor of Herakleopolis;
*Shepensopdet B, another daughter.<ref>Dodson, Aidan, Hilton, Dyan. The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt. Thames & Hudson (2004). {{ISBN|0-500-05128-3}}, p.222</ref>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
*[[Kenneth Kitchen]], ''The Third Intermediate Period in Egypt (1100–650&nbsp;BC)'', 1996, Aris & Phillips Limited, Warminster, {{ISBN|0-85668-298-5}}

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