Amenirdis II

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Template:Infobox royalty The ancient Nubian princess Amenirdis II, daughter of the Kushite pharaoh Taharqa of the 25th Dynasty, was adopted by Shepenupet II, daughter of Piye,[1] to become Divine Adoratrice of Amun from around 650 BC to 640 BC during the 26th Dynasty. Amenirdis adopted Nitocris, daughter of Psamtik I, to become her successor.[2] She may have been married to one of Taharqa's sons, king Atlanersa.[3]

References

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  1. Aidan Dodson, Monarchs of the Nile, American University in Cairo Press, 2000. p.184
  2. Dodson, p.188
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  • Robert Steven Bianchi, Daily Life Of The Nubians, Greenwood Press 2004
  • Karol Myśliwiec, The Twilight of Ancient Egypt: First Millennium B.C.E., Cornell University Press 2000
  • I. E. S. Edwards, John Boardman, John B. Bury, S. A. Cook, The Cambridge Ancient History, Cambridge University Press 1969
  • Aidan Dodson, Monarchs of the Nile, American Univ. in Cairo Press 2000

Further reading

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