Ankhnesneferibre

Ankhnesneferibre
Statue CG 42205 of Ankhenesneferibre, now in the Nubian Museum, Aswan
God's Wife of Amun
Divine Adoratrice of Amun
Tenure595525 BC
PredecessorNitocris I
SuccessorNitocris II (as Divine Adoratrice)
office abolished (as God's Wife)
Praenomen


Heqatneferumut (Meritmut)
ḥq3t -nfrw-Mwt
Nomen


Ankhnesneferibre
ˁnḫ-n.s-Nfrjbrˁ

Neferibre (i.e. Psamtik II) lives for her
Burial
FatherPsamtik II
MotherTakhuit

Ankhnesneferibre was an ancient Egyptian princess and priestess during the 26th Dynasty, daughter of pharaoh Psamtik II and his queen Takhuit. She held the positions of Divine Adoratrice of Amun and later God's Wife of Amun between 595 and 525 BC, during the reigns of Psamtik II, Apries, Amasis II and Psamtik III, until the Achaemenid conquest of Egypt.