Schepenupet II.
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Šp n wpt |
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| Birth Name |
Ḥnwt-nfrw-Mwt jrt-Rˁ Mistress of beauty, courage , eye of Re |
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Schepenupet II. (Also Schepenwepet II. ), Daughter of Pharaoh Pije , was around 710 to 650 BC. Chr. God's Wife of Amun .
Life
From 670 B.C. She held this office together with her niece and adopted daughter Amenirdis II . In the temple complex of Karnak , some Osiris chapels of Schepenupet II are attested, as well as one in Medamud . Her burial chapel is in Medinet Habu . She was the sister of the later pharaohs Shebitko and Taharqa .
See also
literature
- Thomas Schneider : Lexicon of the Pharaohs . Albatros, Düsseldorf 2002, ISBN 3-491-96053-3 , p. 248 .
- Erhart Graefe : Studies on the administration and history of the institution of the wife of God of Amun from the beginning of the New Kingdom to the late period. two volumes In: Ägyptologische Abhandlungen. (ÄA) Volume 37, Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 1981, ISBN 3-447-02174-8 .
- Jürgen von Beckerath : Handbook of the Egyptian king names (= Munich Egyptological studies. Volume 49). 2nd improved and expanded edition, von Zabern, Mainz 1999, ISBN 3-8053-2591-6 , p. 210.
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| SURNAME | Schepenupet II. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schepenwepet II. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Daughter of Pije, consort of Amun |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 8th century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 7th century BC Chr. |