Tabekenamun
Queen consort of Nubia and Egypt
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Tabekenamun (Tabakenamun) was a Nubian queen dated to the Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt.[2]
| Tabekenamun | |||||
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| Queen consort of Nubia and Egypt | |||||
| Spouse | Possibly Pharaoh Taharqa | ||||
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| Dynasty | 25th Dynasty of Egypt | ||||
| Father | King Piye | ||||
| Tabekenamun[1] in hieroglyphs | ||||||||
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| Era: 3rd Intermediate Period (1069–664 BC) | ||||||||
Tabekenamun was a daughter of King Piye and may have been a queen consort to her brother Taharqa. She is known from Cairo Statue 49157 from Karnak.[3]
Others have suggested Tabekenamun was the wife of Shabaka. She was a King's Daughter, King's Sister and King's Wife. In addition, she was a priestess of Hathor, Mistress of Tepihu (Aphroditopolis) and a priestess of Hathor of Iunyt (Dendera) as well as a priestess of Neith. The priestly offices could suggest she was a daughter of one of the Libyan Pharaohs.[4]