Head of Shepenupet II from Alexandria National Museum, Egypt
Divine Adoratrice of Amun God's Wife of Amun
Tenure
around 700–650 BC
Predecessor
Amenirdis I
Successor
Amenirdis II (as Divine Adoratrice) Nitocris I (as God's Wife)
Royal titulary
Prenomen (Praenomen)
Henutneferumut Irietre ẖnwt-nfrw-Mwt Jrt-Rˁ[1]
Nomen
Shepenupet šp-(n)-Wpt[1]
Burial
Medinet Habu
Dynasty
25th Dynasty
Father
Piye
Shepenupet II (alt. Shepenwepet II, prenomen: Henutneferumut Irietre) was an ancient Egyptian princess of the 25th Dynasty who 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[2] and sister of Piye's successors, Shabaka and Taharqa.
^ abvon Beckerath, Jürgen (1999). Handbuch der Ägyptischen Königsnamen (in German). Mainz am Rhein, Von Zabern. ISBN 3-8053-2591-6. pp. 210-11
^John Boardman ed., The Cambridge Ancient History Vol.III, Cambridge University Press 1982, ISBN 0-521-24289-4, p.136
ShepenupetII (alt. Shepenwepet II, prenomen: Henutneferumut Irietre) was an ancient Egyptian princess of the 25th Dynasty who served as the high priestess...
the reigns of Shabaka and Shabataka, and she adopted Piye's daughter ShepenupetII as her successor. She also held the priestly titles of Divine Adoratrice...
establishing the Kushite-ruled Twenty-fifth Dynasty. Piye's daughter, ShepenupetII, was also appointed Divine Adoratrice of Amun. The monarchs of Kush...
Just inside the enclosure, to the south, are chapels of Amenirdis I, ShepenupetII and Nitiqret, all of whom had the title of Divine Adoratrice of Amun...
burials as early as 1200 BCE. For example, a small box from burial of ShepenupetII was found to be decorated with gold-platinum hieroglyphics. However...
ancient Nubian princess Amenirdis II, daughter of the Kushite pharaoh Taharqa of the 25th Dynasty, was adopted by ShepenupetII, daughter of Piye, to become...
Shabaka and another male relative Shebitku. God's Wife of Amun Shepenwepet II. Installed in Thebes during the reign of her brother Taharqa. Qalhata, wife...
El-Kurru (Sudan) Chapel of the "Black Pharaoh" Taharqa and his sister ShepenupetII in Karnak Monumental column elevated by the "Black Pharaoh" Taharqa...
pertain to Amenirdis I and ShepenupetII based on paleographic and other evidence at Karnak rather than the Libyan Shepenupet I and the Nubian Amenirdis...
Just inside the enclosure, to the south, are chapels of Amenirdis I, ShepenupetII and Nitiqret, all of whom had the title of Divine Adoratrice of Amun...
Mentuemhat and the God's Wife ShepenupetII. When Psamtik I came to the throne he negotiated a deal in year 9 where ShepenupetII adopted Psamtik's daughter...
Wife of Amun, a position which at the time of Haremakhet was held by ShepenupetII and then Amenirdis I. Haremakhet is mainly known from a statue discovered...
the city of Thebes which compelled the existing God's Wife of Amun, ShepenupetII, daughter of the former Kushite Pharaoh Piye, to adopt his daughter...
than the Nubian Amenirdis I and the Libyan Shepenupet I, daughter of Osorkon III. The God's Wife ShepenupetII was Piye's daughter and Taharqa's sister...
political power during the late Third Intermediate Period of Egypt when Shepenupet I, Osorkon III's daughter, was first appointed to this post at Thebes...
jâbiriens. II. Jâbir et la science grecque. Cairo: Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale. ISBN 9783487091150. OCLC 468740510. vol. II, p. 1, note...
in Thebes seems to have been in the hands of Mentuemhat and his wife ShepenupetII; the latter was a Nubian princess. By 653 BC Tantamani's successor Atlanersa...
lists of ancient Egyptians: List of pharaohs List of children of Ramesses II Great Royal Wife (including list of title holders) God's Wife of Amun (including...
Chief Steward to the Divine Adoratrice, who served Amenirdis I and ShepenupetII is located. Close to the entrance to TT404 is also the entrance to the...
along with a Saite form of Osiris and the Divine Adoratrice of Amun ShepenupetII; Meresamun is called "royal daughter of the lord of the Two lands, Nec[...
unknown wife of either Piye or Taharqa, and the mother of either ShepenupetII or Amenirdis II. Morkot, Robert G., The Black Pharaohs: Egypt's Nubian Rulers...
de G. Davies, ‘New Details for Insertion in the Theban 1/1000 Scale Maps. II: Sheykh ‘Abd el-Qurna and Dira’ Abu’l Naga’, ASAE 25 (1925), 239–241 A. Fakhry...
Amun in Thebes in line to succeed the serving Divine Adoratrice of Amun, Shepenupet I, Osorkon III's daughter. This development was "the key moment in the...
Payraudeau writes in French that "the Divine Adoratrix or God's Wife of Amun Shepenupet I, the last Libyan Adoratrix, was still alive during the reign of Shebitku...
already extended his kingdom's influence into Thebes when he compelled Shepenupet, the serving Divine Adoratice of Amun and Takelot III's sister, to adopt...
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