| Tentamun | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
"She of Amun" | ||||||||||||||
| Dynasty | 20th and 21st Dynasty | |||||||||||||
| Pharaoh(s) | Ramesses XI – Smendes I | |||||||||||||
| Titles | King's Great Wife King's Daughter | |||||||||||||
| Father | Ramesses XI | |||||||||||||
| Mother | Tentamun | |||||||||||||
| Spouse(s) | Smendes I | |||||||||||||
| Issue | Amenemnisut (?) | |||||||||||||
| Burial | Tanis (?) | |||||||||||||
- For other pages by this name, see Tentamun.
Tentamun (transliteration: tỉnt-ỉmn, "She of Amun") was an ancient Egyptian Queen of the Twenty-first Dynasty during the Third Intermediate Period.
Family[]
- See also: 21st Dynasty Family Tree.
Tentamun was probably a daughter of Ramesses XI, the last pharaoh of the New Kingdom and his queen consort Tentamun, undoubtedly named after her mother. The princesses Nedjemet and Duathathor-Henuttawy were probably her sisters.[1]
Tentamun features in the Story of Wenamun which is said to have taken place in Year 5 of Smendes I. She is mentioned as residing in Tanis together with Smendes. Both are described as "organizers of the land".[2] She is thus presumed to be this king's queen consort. Tentamun was possibly the mother of Smendes' successor, Amenemnisut.
Burial[]
The whereabouts of Tentamun's tomb and mummy remain unknown. She was presumably buried near Tanis, her city of residence.
See also[]
- Story of Wenamun
References[]
Bibliography[]
- Dodson, A./Hilton, D., 2004: The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt. Thames & Hudson, London.
- Goedicke, H., 1975: The Report of Wenamun. Baltimore/London.