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Shepenupet II

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Predecessor
  
Amenirdis I

Died
  
650 BC

Place of burial
  
Medinet Habu, Egypt

Cousins
  
Tantamani, Haremakhet

Father
  
Piye

Parents
  
Piye

Siblings
  
Taharqa

Grandparents
  
Kashta, Pebatjma

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Reign
  
around 700–650 BC (25th Dynasty)

Successor
  
Amenirdis II (as Divine Adoratrice) Nitocris I (as God's Wife)

Similar
  
Amenirdis I, Amenirdis II, Piye, Taharqa, Shabaka

Shepenupet II (alt. Shepenwepet II, prenomen: Henutneferumut Irietre) was an Ancient Egyptian princess of the 25th Dynasty and she 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, and sister of Piye's successors, Taharqa and Shabaka.

Biography

She 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.

Her niece, Amenirdis, the daughter of Taharqa, was appointed as her heiress. Shepenupet was compelled to adopt Nitocris, daughter of pharaoh Psamtik I, who reunited Egypt after the Assyrian conquest. This is evidenced by the so-called Adoption Stela of Nitocris. In 656 BC, in Year 9 of the reign of Psamtik I, she received Nitocris at Thebes.

Her tomb is located in the grounds of Medinet Habu. She was succeeded as Divine Adoratrice by Amenirdis II, who was succeeded by Nitocris I.

References

Shepenupet II Wikipedia