Shepenupet II
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Nitocris I (as God's Wife)
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| Burial | 25th Dynasty | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Father | Piye | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shepenupet II (alt. Shepenwepet II, prenomen: Henutneferumut Irietre) was an
25th Dynasty who served as the high priestess, the Divine Adoratrice of Amun, from around 700 BC to 650 BC. She was the daughter of the first Kushite pharaoh Piye[2] and sister of Piye's successors, Shabaka and Taharqa
.
Biography
Shepenupet II was adopted by her predecessor in office, Amenirdis I, a sister of Piye. Shepenupet was God's Wife of Amun from the beginning of Taharqa's reign until Year 9 of Pharaoh Psamtik I. While in office she had to come to a power sharing arrangement with the mayor of Thebes, Mentuemhat.[3]
Her niece,
Adoption Stela of Nitocris. In 656 BC, in Year 9 of the reign of Psamtik I, she received Nitocris at Thebes.[4][5]
Her tomb is located in the grounds of
Medinet Habu.[6]
She was succeeded as Divine Adoratrice by Amenirdis II, who was succeeded by Nitocris I.
Images
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Shepenupet II at Medinet Habu -
Shepenupet II and Amenirdis II at Medinet Habu -
Chapel of Shepenupet at Medinet Habu -
Shepenupet's cartouche -
Box with name of Shepenupet -
Shepenupet and Amenirdis II
References
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- ^ ISBN 3-8053-2591-6. pp. 210-11
- ISBN 0-521-24289-4, p.136
- ^ a b Michael Rice, Who's Who in Ancient Egypt, Routledge 2001, p.189
- ^ J. H. Breasted, Ancient Records of Egypt, Part Four: "The Adoption Stela of Nitocris" §§ 945
- ISBN 0-226-15556-0p.141
- ISBN 0-500-05128-3., p.240