Hatshepsut (king's daughter)
Hatshepsut was an Ancient Egyptian king's daughter of the 13th Dynasty, around 1750 BC. There are three instances where a person named Hatshepsut is mentioned. It is not known if these are the same or different individuals.
Hatshepsut, daughter of Queen Nofret
She is known from a limestone stela now in the Cairo Egyptian Museum (CG 20394) and found at Abydos,[1] where it is stated that she was the daughter of a king's wife Nofret. The name of her royal father is not recorded here. The queen Nofret is not known from other sources.[2] Hatshepsut appears on this stela as wife of the military man Nedjesankh/Iu who had a second wife with the name Nubemwakh. On the stela is also mentioned her daughter, the lady of the houses Nebetiunet.
A 13th dynasty scarab
A king's daughter Hatshepsut is also known from a scarab seal. According to Ryholt the scarab can be dated to the time before Sobekhotep III on stylistic grounds.[2]
Hatshepsut, a King's Daughter from the time of Ameny Qemau
In 2017 there was discovered a 13th Dynasty pyramid at Dahshur. In the pyramid was found a stone slab with pyramid texts[3] and the name of the king Ameny Qemau. In the same pyramid was found a canopic box naming the king's daughter Hatshepsut.[4] There were also found the remains of a human shaped, wooden coffin.[5]
References
- ^ H.O. Lange, H. Schäfer, Grab- und Denksteine des Mittleren Reichs, Theil I: Text zu No. 20001-20399, Berlin, 1902, pp. 393–4
- ^ a b K.S.B. Ryholt: The Political Situation in Egypt during the Second Intermediate Period, c.1800–1550 BC, Carsten Niebuhr Institute Publications, vol. 20. Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press, 1997, ISBN 8772894210, p. 246
- ^ Ein neues Fragment der Pyramidentexte ist in der Pyramide des Ameny Qemau gefunden (identified by Ivan Bogdanov)
- ^ Owen Jarus: Burial Chamber of Princess Possibly Found in Ancient Egypt Pyramid, in Live Science
- ^ Face of an Egyptian Princess Who Lived 4,000 Years Ago Uncovered