Nitocris II

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Nitocris II
26th Dynasty
PharaohAmasis II, Psamtik III
FatherAmasis II

Nitocris II (or Nitokris II,

26th Dynasty
.

Biography

Daughter of Amasis II,

University of Chicago Oriental Institute (registration no. E10584A-B[3]) on which she is called High Priest of Amun; the same object also claims that the God's Wife of Amun Ankhnesneferibre was her "mother". Nitocris' title is notable because she is the last attested holder of the once influential office of High Priest of Amun at Thebes, as well as one of only two known female holders;[4] she may have reached this office around 560 BCE.[2]

The fact that Ankhnesneferibre is called her "mother" suggests that Nitocris also held the office of Divine Adoratrice of Amun[1] which usually led to the charge of God's Wife of Amun after the adoptive mother's death. However, it seems that Nitocris never managed to reach the latter position because these offices were abolished soon after the Persian invasion of Egypt in 525 BCE.[5]

References

  1. ^
    S2CID 190737173
    . pp. 179; 186
  2. ^
    ISBN 0-85668-298-5
    . § 365 n. 951; table 13A
  3. ^ Picture of the statuette on the Chicago Oriental Institute website
  4. ISBN 0-500-05128-3
    , p.246
  5. ^ "God's Wife of Amun". Ancient Egypt by Anneke Bart. Retrieved May 31, 2015.
Preceded by
?
 High Priest of Amun
c.560–525 BCE 		Succeeded by
office abolished(?)
Preceded by Divine Adoratrice of Amun
?–525 BCE 		Succeeded by
office abolished


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