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She was the daughter of Osorkon III and Queen Karoadjet, and the (half-)sister of Takelot III and Rudamun. [5] She was God's Wife during her father's whole reign. When Kashta, a Kushite monarch, extended his influence to the Theban area, she was compelled to adopt Kashta's daughter Amenirdis I as her successor and name her as her chosen heir ...
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Khnemetibamun Shepenupet I (transliteration: šp-n-wp.t, meaning: "Gift of Opening") was an ancient Egyptian God's Wife of Amun of the Twenty-third and Twenty-fifth Dynasties during the Third Intermediate Period.
As a God's Wife of Amun, Shepenupet's name is written inside a cartouche. She adopted the same epithet as her predecessor; Meritmut (mry.t-mwt, "Beloved of Mut"). Her praenomen was Khnemetibamun (ḫnm.t-ỉb-ỉmn, "United with the Heart of Amun"). She is the only God's Wife whose throne name refers to Amun, instead of his wife Mut.
Shepenupet I was a daughter of Pharaoh Osorkon III and Queen Karoadjet. Pharaohs Takelot III and Rudamun were her (half-)brothers.
Presumably under her father's reign, Shepenupet was adopted as Divine Adoratrice of Amun; the heir of the God's Wife of Amun Karomama-Meritmut.
Shepenupet I succeeded Karomama as God's Wife of Amun during her father's reign. When Kashta, a Kushite monarch, extended his influence to the Theban area, she was compelled to adopt Kashta's daughter Amenirdis I as her successor and name her as her chosen heir. Shepenupet and Amenirdis are depicted together in Wadi Gasus as God's Wife and Divine Adoratrice respectively.
Shepenupet I's tomb was discovered in the area of Medinet Habu at the Theban Necropolis.
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•Török, L., 1997: The Kingdom of Kush: Handbook of the Napatan-Meroitic Civilization. Brill, Leiden/New York/Cologne.
Divine Adoratrice of Amun. The Divine Adoratrice of Amun ( Egyptian: dwꜣt nṯr n jmn) was a second title – after God's Wife of Amun – created for the chief priestess of the ancient Egyptian deity Amun. During the first millennium BCE, when the holder of this office exercised her largest measure of influence, her position was an important ...
Amenirdis I. Amenirdis I (throne name: Hatneferumut) was a God's Wife of Amun during the 25th Dynasty of ancient Egypt. [3] Originating from the Kingdom of Kush, she was the daughter of Pharaoh Kashta and Queen Pebatjma, and was later adopted by Shepenupet I. She went on to rule as high priestess, and has been shown in several artifacts from ...
In attempting to define the role played by the God’s Wife of Amun Shepenupet I and her immediate successor Amenirdis I in the transition from Libyan to Nubian rule, the scenes preserved on a small chapel in East Karnak dedicated to Osiris, Ruler of Eternity (HqA Dt), are particularly illuminating.
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Apr 10, 2023 · In attempting to define the role played by the God’s Wife of Amun Shepenupet I and her immediate successor Amenirdis I in the transition from Libyan to Nubian rule, the scenes preserved on a small chapel in East Karnak dedicated to Osiris, Ruler of Eternity (HqA Dt), are particularly illuminating. Discussion of a few select scenes preserved in the first room of that chapel, constructed under ...
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