Khenut

Khenut was the Queen of Egypt, the wife of King Unas. She lived during the time of the Fifth Dynasty of Egypt. She was a suspected mother of Queen Iput.

Burial

Khenut was buried in a double mastaba with another queen named Nebet next to the Pyramid of Unas in Saqqara.^[2] The mastaba was excavated by Peter Munro.^[3]

The pyramid of the Queen mother Sesheshet lies near the pyramid which belong to Khenut.

Titles

Khenut’s titles are: "Great One of the hetes-sceptre" (wrt-hetes), "She who sees Horus and Set" (m33t-hrw-stsh), "Great of Praises" (wrt-hzwt), "King’s Wife, his beloved" (hmt-nisw meryt.f), "Companion of Horus, his beloved" (smrt-hrw-meryt.f), "Consort and Beloved of the Two Ladies" (sm3yt-mry-nbty), and "Companion of Horus" (tist-hrw). Khenut may have been mentioned in the mortuary temple of Unas. Her tomb, unlike that of Queen Nebet, has suffered extensive damage.^[4]

References

^ Joyce Tyldesley. Chronicle of the Queens of Egypt. Thames & Hudson. 2006. p. 52. ISBN 0-500-05145-3
^ Dodson, Aidan and Hilton, Dyan. The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt. Thames & Hudson. 2004. ISBN 0-500-05128-3
^ Peter Munro, Der Unas-Friedhof Nord-West, Bd.1, Topographisch-historische Einleitung; Das Doppelgrabe der Königinnen Nebet und Khenut. Mainz 1993
^ Wolfram Grajetzki, Ancient Egyptian Queens: A Hieroglyphic Dictionary, Golden House Publications, London, 2005, ISBN 978-0-9547218-9-3

[JT-1] Joyce Tyldesley. Chronicle of the Queens of Egypt. Thames & Hudson. 2006. p. 52. ISBN 0-500-05145-3

[2] Dodson, Aidan and Hilton, Dyan. The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt. Thames & Hudson. 2004. ISBN 0-500-05128-3

[3] Peter Munro, Der Unas-Friedhof Nord-West, Bd.1, Topographisch-historische Einleitung; Das Doppelgrabe der Königinnen Nebet und Khenut. Mainz 1993

[4] Wolfram Grajetzki, Ancient Egyptian Queens: A Hieroglyphic Dictionary, Golden House Publications, London, 2005, ISBN 978-0-9547218-9-3

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