Tentamun (21st dynasty)
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Tentamun was an ancient Egypt
ian queen, the wife of Smendes
of the 21st dynasty
. She is likely to have been the daughter of Ramesses XI
, last ruler of the previous dynasty. Her mother was possibly Tentamun
, who was the mother of Ramesses's other daughter, Duathathor-Henttawy.
She is mentioned together with her husband on the Wenamun papyrus.
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt was an ancient civilization of Northeastern Africa, concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River in what is now the modern country of Egypt. Egyptian civilization coalesced around 3150 BC with the political unification of Upper and Lower Egypt under the first pharaoh...
ian queen, the wife of Smendes
Smendes
Hedjkheperre Setepenre Smendes was the founder of the Twenty-first dynasty of Egypt and succeeded to the throne after burying Ramesses XI in Lower Egypt – territory which he controlled...
of the 21st dynasty
Twenty-first dynasty of Egypt
The Twenty-First, Twenty-Second, Twenty-Third, Twenty-Fourth, and Twenty-Fifth Dynasties of ancient Egypt are often combined under the group title, Third Intermediate Period.-Rulers:...
. She is likely to have been the daughter of Ramesses XI
Ramesses XI
Ramesses XI reigned from 1107 BC to 1078 BC or 1077 BC and was the tenth and final king of the Twentieth dynasty of Egypt. He ruled Egypt for at least 29 years although some Egyptologists think he could have ruled for as long as 30...
, last ruler of the previous dynasty. Her mother was possibly Tentamun
Tentamun (20th dynasty)
Tentamun was an ancient Egyptian queen, most likely the wife of Ramesses XI, last ruler of the 20th dynasty. She is mentioned on the funerary papyrus of her daughter Duathathor-Henuttawy, who was the wife of Pinedjem I and probably the daughter of Ramesses XI...
, who was the mother of Ramesses's other daughter, Duathathor-Henttawy.
She is mentioned together with her husband on the Wenamun papyrus.
Source
- Aidan Dodson & Dyan Hilton: The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt. Thames & Hudson, 2004, ISBN 0-500-05128-3, pp. 192,209