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Spouse
  
Pharaoh Taharqa

Mother
  
unknown

Cousins
  
Tantamani, Haremakhet

Uncle
  
Shabaka

Father
  
Parents
  
Piye

Grandparents
  
Kashta, Pebatjma

Aunt
  
Amenirdis I

Naparaye

Burial
  
Pyramid at El-Kurru (Ku. 3)

Similar
  
Tabekenamun, Takahatenamun, Piye, Pebatjma, Shabaka

Naparaye was a Nubian queen dated to the Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt.

Naparaye was the daughter of King Piye and the sister-wife of King Taharqa.

She held several titles: Great of Grace (wrt im3t), Great of Praises (wrt hzwt), Sweet of Love (bnrt mrwt), (Great?) King's Wife (hmt niswt (wrt?)), Lady of the Two Lands (hnwt t3wy), and King's Sister (snt niswt).

Naparaye's name is known from her tomb in el-Kurru (Ku. 3). At her pyramid an alabaster offering table was found (Khartoum, No. 191).

References

Naparaye Wikipedia


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