Maatkare B
| Maatkare B | |
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| Queen consort of Egypt | |
 Statue of the High Priest of Amun Shoshenq, mentioning his parents Osorkon I and Maatkare. Cairo, CG 42194 | |
| Spouse | Pharaoh Osorkon I |
| Issue | Shoshenq C |
| Dynasty | 22nd Dynasty |
| Father | Psusennes II |
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| Maatkare[1] in hieroglyphs | ||||
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| Era: 3rd Intermediate Period (1069–664 BC) | ||||
Maatkare B was a wife of pharaoh
High Priest of Amun Shoshenq C. Maatkare was the daughter of Psusennes II (also known as Pasebkhanut II).[2]
Maatkare is known from several sources. Her statuette, of which only the base with a pair of feet is preserved (Marseille, Musée Borély no. 432Harsomtus, and King's Daughter.[5]
A Karnak inscription on the seventh pylon names a woman called Maatkare, King's Daughter of Psusennes Beloved of Amun, and this is usually thought to refer to Maatkare B.[5]
References
- ISBN 0-500-05145-3
- ISBN 0-500-05128-3
- ^ Graefe, Erhard. Untersuchungen zur Verwaltung und Geschichte der Institution der Gottesgemahlin des Amun vom Beginn des Neuen Reiches bis zur Spätzeit, ÄA 37, Wiesbaden 1981, pp. 235–236 (P33), pl. 27b, c/ 28a, b, 13*/14*
- ^ Brandl, Helmut, Kunst und Gesellschaft in der Libyerzeit. Beobachtungen an Königsstatuen der Dritten Zwischenzeit, in: K. A. Kóthay (ed.), Art and Society: Ancient and Modern Contexts of Egyptian Art. Proceedings of the International Conference held at the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, 13–15 May 2010, Budapest 2012, p. 89 (U-1.2). https://www.academia.edu/8244662/Kunst_und_Gesellschaft_in_der_Libyerzeit._Beobachtungen_an_K%C3%B6nigsstatuen_der_Dritten_Zwischenzeit
- ^ ISBN 978-0-85668-298-8