 According to Kenneth Kitchen, he ruled Tanis from around 700 to c. 680 BCE some time after the fall of the last Tanite pharaoh of the 22nd Dynasty, Osorkon IV, which occurred shortly after 716 BCE.Like many of the Nile Delta governors, he proclaimed himself king, adopting a royal titulary.His successor as ruler of Tanis could have been Sehetepibenre Pedubast.