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Shepenupet II (alt. Shepenwepet II prenomen: Henutneferumut Irietre) was an Ancient Egyptian princess of the Twenty-fifth dynasty and the Divine Adoratrice of Amun from around 700 BC to 650 BC. She was the daughter of the first Kushite pharaoh Piye and sister of Piye’s successors Taharqa and Shabaka. She was adopted by her predecessor in office Amenirdis I a sister of Piye. Shepenupet was God’s Wife from the beginning of Taharqa’s reign until Year 9 of Pharaoh Psamtik I.
