Tentsepeh | |||||||
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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[]
Bibliography[]
- Kitchen, K.A., 1996: The Third Intermediate Period in Egypt (1100–650 BC). Aris & Phillips Limited, Warminster.