Shepset-ipet
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Shepset-ipet (also read as Shepsetipet and Shepset-ipwt) was an ancient Egyptian princess living during the late 2nd Dynasty. She may have been the daughter of king (pharaoh) Peribsen or Khasekhemwy. She is known by her decorated slab stela.
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Shepset-ipet (also read as Shepsetipet and Shepset-ipwt) was an ancient Egyptian princess living during the late 2nd Dynasty. She may have been the daughter of king (pharaoh) Peribsen or Khasekhemwy. She is known by her decorated slab stela.
== Identity == Shepset-ipet may have been the daughter of either Peribsen or (more likely) Khasekhemwy. The artistic layout and the body proportions represented on her slab stela were common during the late 2nd Dynasty. During this era, slab stelas depicting the deceased sitting before an offering table became very popular and they were displayed in special niches inside the burial chamber.
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