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Karomama
God’s Wife of Amun (Divine Adoratrice), Twenty-second Dynasty
c. 870 BCE
Approximate date; which princess of this name she was is debated.
Biography
She held the title "God’s Wife of Amun" at Thebes, a high religious office filled by princesses of the ruling house. A gold-inlaid bronze statue in the Louvre commemorates her.
Key facts
Certainty: Debated
Champollion thought she was Karomama, wife of Takelot II; scholars today often identify her as Karomama Meritmut, daughter of Osorkon I, though not all agree.
- Musée du Louvre, Paris “Karomama sous la plume de Jean-François Champollion — Musée du Louvre” louvre.fr
- K. A. Kitchen (1986) “The Third Intermediate Period in Egypt (1100–650 BC), 2nd edition” Aris & Phillips, Warminster