Amenirdis I.
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Ḥˁt-nfrw-Mwt Appearance of Beauty; a courage |
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| Birth Name |
Jmn ˀjr dj s Amun it is who gave them |
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Amenirdis I , daughter of the Kushite pharaoh Kashta , was around 740 to 720 BC. During the 25th dynasty ( Third Intermediate Period ) “ God's wife of Amun ”.
Amenirdis I. is the sister of Pije and Schabaka as well as the adopted daughter of Schepenupet I. and is appointed by Pije as the second "wife of God", next to Schepenupet I. She also adopts Schepenupet II , who later also holds this office. It is named together with Kaschta, Schepenupet I. and a certain Namilt on a stone vessel inscription. Her burial chapel is in the temple district of Medinet Habu , several statues and her grave are in Thebes-West .
See also
literature
- Thomas Schneider : Lexicon of the Pharaohs . Albatros, Düsseldorf 2002, ISBN 3-491-96053-3 , p. 71 .
- Jürgen von Beckerath : Handbook of the Egyptian king names. (= Munich Egyptological Studies. Vol. 49). 2nd, improved and expanded edition, von Zabern, Mainz 1999, ISBN 3-8053-2591-6 , p. 210.
- Jean Leclant : Recherches sur les monuments Thébains de la XXVe dynastie dite éthiopienne. 2 volumes (= Bibliothèque d'étude. (BdE) Vol. 36). Imprimerie de l'Institut français d'archéologie orientale, Le Caire 1965, pp. 354–359.
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Amenirdis I. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Daughter of Kashta, consort of Amun |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 8th century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 8th century BC Chr. |