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Also known as Nakhtubasterau (Nakhtbastetiru)

thumb|Sarcophagus of Nakhtubasterau Nakhtubasterau (Nakhtbastetiru) was the Great Royal Wife of Amasis II. She dates to the Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt. Her name honors Bastet.

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thumb|Sarcophagus of Nakhtubasterau Nakhtubasterau (Nakhtbastetiru) was the Great Royal Wife of Amasis II. She dates to the Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt. Her name honors Bastet.

==Biography== Nakhtubasterau was one of the wives known for Pharaoh Amasis II. She is known from a stela from the Serapeum of Saqqara. She held the titles ''king's wife, his beloved, great one of the hetes sceptre and great of praises''.

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