Nitocris I (Divine Adoratrice)

Nitocris I
Relief of the Divine Adoratice Nitocris I
from her Karnak chapel
God's Wife of Amun
Divine Adoratrice of Amun
Tenure655–585 BC
PredecessorShepenupet II (as God's Wife)
Amenirdis II (as Divine Adoratrice)
SuccessorAnkhnesneferibre
Horus name
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The great one
Prenomen  (Praenomen)
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Nebetneferumut
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Mistress of the beauties of Mut
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Nitiqret Meritmut
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Nitiqret, beloved of Mut
Died585 BC
Burial
Dynasty26th Dynasty
FatherPsamtik I
MotherMehytenweskhet 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]

  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ Aidan Dodson & Dyan Hilton, The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt, Thames & Hudson (2004), p.247