| Sutererey | ||||||||||||
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| Sutailya/Shoteraya | ||||||||||||
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| Dynasty | 19th Dynasty | |||||||||||
| Pharaoh(s) | Ramesses II, Merneptah or Seti II and Amenmesses | |||||||||||
| Titles | King's Wife | |||||||||||
| Spouse(s) | Ramesses II, Merneptah, Seti II or Amenmesses | |||||||||||
| Issue | Siptah | |||||||||||
| Burial | Unknown | |||||||||||
Sutererey (also Sutailya or Shoteraya)[1] was an ancient Egyptian King's Wife or concubine of the Nineteenth Dynasty during the New Kingdom.
Origins and Family[]
Sutererey was a Canaanite rather than a native Egyptian name, which means that she was almost certainly a Pharaoh's concubine from Canaan.[1]
She is only known from a single relief in the Louvre Museum (E 26901) which pairs her name together with the name of her son, Ramesses-Siptah.[1] The relief may refer to Pharaoh Siptah, in which case Sutererey is either Merneptah, Seti II or Amenmesses's wife or concubine. However, as Aidan Dodson and Dyan Hilton suggest; she could instead be the mother of another prince Siptah making her a wife or concubine of Ramesses II.[2]
Burial[]
The whereabouts of Sutererey's burial and mummy remain unknown.
References[]
Bibliography[]
- Callender, G., 2006: The Cripple, the Queen & the Man from the North. KMT Vol. 17, No. 1.
- Dodson, A./Hilton, D., 2004: The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt. Thames & Hudson, London.