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Tentsepeh
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ṯnt-spḥ
Dynasty 21st Dynasty
Pharaoh(s) Siamun (?)
Titles King's Mother
God's Mother
Spouse(s) Nimlot A
Issue Shoshenq I, Mehytenweskhet B
Burial Unknown
For other pages by this name, see Tentsepeh.

Tentsepeh A (transliteration: ṯnt-spḥ) was an ancient Egyptian King's Mother of Libyan descent of the Twenty-first Dynasty during the Third Intermediate Period. She is mainly known for being the mother of Shoshenq I, who in turn was the founding pharaoh of the Twenty-second Dynasty.

Origins and Family[]

Tentsepeh was the wife of Nimlot A, the Great Chief of the Ma or Meshwesh, an ancient Libyan tribe. Their son was Shoshenq B who later became pharaoh Shoshenq I; for this reason Nimlot and Tentsepeh were posthumously called God's Father and God's Mother. It is probable that the couple also had a daughter, Mehytenweskhet B, who married the High Priest of Ptah Shedsunefertem.[1]

Attestations[]

Shoshenq B obtained permission from pharaoh Psusennes II to build a great dedicatory inscription at Abydos in honor of his father. Nimlot and Tentsepeh are also mentioned in the genealogy reported on the stela of Pasenhor.[1]

Burial[]

The whereabouts of Tentsepeh's tomb and mummy remain unknown.

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kitchen 1996, § 85, 88, 90, 239, 437.

Bibliography[]

  • Kitchen, K.A., 1996: The Third Intermediate Period in Egypt (1100–650 BC). Aris & Phillips Limited, Warminster.
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