She was the first “hereditary” God's Wife or Divine Adoratrice of Amun to wield political power in ancient Thebes and its surrounding region. She was the first to take on complete royal titulary with names in two cartouches (her prenomen Khenemetibamun means 'she who is one with the heart of Amun'), and although her successors followed her example, she remained the only one who also bore the royal titles “Lord of the Two Lands” and “Lord of Appearances”, also, the only one whose throne name refers to Amun, not to his wife Mut.[3]
She was the daughter of Osorkon III and Queen Karoadjet, and the (half-)sister of Takelot III and Rudamun.[4] She was God's Wife during her father's whole reign. When Kashta, a monarch of the 25th Dynasty, 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.[2]
Shepenupet is known to have survived into the reign of Shebitku since she is depicted on a section of a wall Temple J which was decorated under this Nubian king.
shepenupet, shapenewpet, wife, amun, during, twenty, third, dynasty, egypt, shapenewpet, karnak, divine, adoratrice, amunreign754, 23rd, dynasty, predecessorkaromama, meritmutsuccessoramenirdis, iroyal, titularyfatherosorkon, iiimotherkaroadjetbiography, edits. Shepenupet I or Shapenewpet I was God s Wife of Amun during the Twenty third Dynasty of Egypt 2 Shepenupet IShapenewpet IShepenupet I at Karnak Divine Adoratrice of AmunReign754 714 BC 23rd Dynasty PredecessorKaromama MeritmutSuccessorAmenirdis IRoyal titularyFatherOsorkon IIIMotherKaroadjetBiography EditShe was the first hereditary God s Wife or Divine Adoratrice of Amun to wield political power in ancient Thebes and its surrounding region She was the first to take on complete royal titulary with names in two cartouches her prenomen Khenemetibamun means she who is one with the heart of Amun and although her successors followed her example she remained the only one who also bore the royal titles Lord of the Two Lands and Lord of Appearances also the only one whose throne name refers to Amun not to his wife Mut 3 She was the daughter of Osorkon III and Queen Karoadjet and the half sister of Takelot III and Rudamun 4 She was God s Wife during her father s whole reign When Kashta a monarch of the 25th Dynasty 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 2 Shepenupet is known to have survived into the reign of Shebitku since she is depicted on a section of a wall Temple J which was decorated under this Nubian king Sources Edit a b von Beckerath Jurgen 1999 Handbuch der Agyptischen Konigsnamen in German Mainz am Rhein Von Zabern ISBN 3 8053 2591 6 pp 198 99 a b Dodson Aidan Hilton Dyan 2004 The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt London Thames amp Hudson ISBN 0 500 05128 3 p 231 Laszlo Torok The Kingdom of Kush Handbook of the Napatan Meroitic Civilization ISBN 90 04 10448 8 p 148 Dodson amp Hilton pp 226 227 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Shepenupet I amp oldid 1085775964, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
