Tabekenamun

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Tabekenamun
Queen consort of Nubia and Egypt
SpousePossibly Pharaoh Taharqa
Names
Tabekenamun or Tabakenamun
Dynasty 25th Dynasty of Egypt
FatherKing Piye
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Tabekenamun [1]
in hieroglyphs
Era: 3rd Intermediate Period
(1069–664 BC)

Tabekenamun (Tabakenamun) was a Nubian queen dated to the Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt. [2]

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]

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