Nitocris I (Divine Adoratrice)

Nitocris I
Nitocris I
	Relief of the Divine Adoratice Nitocris I; from her Karnak chapel
God's Wife of Amun; Divine Adoratrice of Amun
Tenure	655–585 BC
Predecessor	Shepenupet II (as God's Wife); Amenirdis II (as Divine Adoratrice)
Successor	Ankhnesneferibre Royal titulary
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Praenomen
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Died	585 BC
Burial	Medinet Habu
Dynasty	26th Dynasty
Father	Psamtik I
Mother	Mehytenweskhet C

Nitocris I (alt. Nitiqret, Nitokris I) (died 585 BC) served as the heir to, and then, as the Divine Adoratrice of Amun or God's Wife of Amun for a period of more than seventy years, between 655 BC and 585 BC.^[2]

^ ^a ^b ^c von Beckerath, Jürgen (1999). Handbuch der Ägyptischen Königsnamen (in German). Mainz am Rhein, Von Zabern. ISBN 3-8053-2591-6. pp. 218–19
^ Aidan Dodson & Dyan Hilton, The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt, Thames & Hudson (2004), p.247

[beck-1] von Beckerath, Jürgen (1999). Handbuch der Ägyptischen Königsnamen (in German). Mainz am Rhein, Von Zabern. ISBN 3-8053-2591-6. pp. 218–19

[DH247-2] Aidan Dodson & Dyan Hilton, The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt, Thames & Hudson (2004), p.247

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Nitocris I (Divine Adoratrice)

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