Statue CG 42205 of Ankhenesneferibre, now in the Nubian Museum, Aswan
God's Wife of Amun Divine Adoratrice of Amun
Tenure
595–525 BC
Predecessor
Nitocris I
Successor
Nitocris II (as Divine Adoratrice) office abolished (as God's Wife)
Royal titulary
Prenomen (Praenomen)
Heqatneferumut (Meritmut) ḥq3t -nfrw-Mwt[1]
Nomen
Ankhnesneferibre ˁnḫ-n.s-Nfrjbrˁ[1] Neferibre (i.e. Psamtik II) lives for her
Burial
Medinet Habu
Father
Psamtik II
Mother
Takhuit
Ankhnesneferibre was an ancient Egyptian princess and priestess during the 26th Dynasty, daughter of pharaoh Psamtik II and his queen Takhuit. She held the positions of Divine Adoratrice of Amun and later God's Wife of Amun between 595 and 525 BC, during the reigns of Psamtik II, Apries, Amasis II and Psamtik III, until the Achaemenid conquest of Egypt.[2]
^ abvon Beckerath, Jürgen (1999). Handbuch der Ägyptischen Königsnamen (in German). Mainz am Rhein, Von Zabern. ISBN 3-8053-2591-6. pp. 218-19
^Dodson, Aidan; Hilton, Dyan (2004). The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt. Thames & Hudson., pp. 245-46
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