Patareshnes (Ptahreshnes), formerly (and mistakenly) read as Penreshnes,
[Kitchen, Kenneth A. The Third Intermediate Period in Egypt, 1100-650 B.C. (Book & Supplement) Aris & Phillips. 1986, p 290,575, ] was a consort of Pharaoh
Shoshenq I
Hedjkheperre Setepenre Shoshenq I (Egyptian ''ššnq''; reigned c. 943–922 BC)—also known as Shashank or Sheshonk or Sheshonq Ifor discussion of the spelling, see Shoshenq—was a pharaoh of ancient Egypt and the founder of the Twenty-secon ...
. Her name means "the land rejoices in her." She was the mother of
Nimlot B
Nimlot B, also Nemareth ('' fl.'' c. 940 BCE) was an ancient Egyptian prince, general and governor during the early 22nd Dynasty.
Biography
Nimlot was the third son of pharaoh Shoshenq I (after Osorkon I and Iuput A); his mother was the queen ...
, the Overseer of the Army of Neni-nesu (
Herakleopolis Magna
Heracleopolis Magna ( grc-gre, Μεγάλη Ἡρακλέους πόλις, ''Megálē Herakléous pólis'') and Heracleopolis (, ''Herakleópolis'') and Herakleoupolis (), is the Roman name of the capital of the 20th nome of ancient Upper Eg ...
). The names of her parents are not known, but her father held the title "Great Chief of the Foreigners," indicating he was Libyan.
Patareshnes is known from a number of documents, particularly a statue of her son Nimlot B now in Vienna (ÄOS 5791).
[Dodson, Aidan, and Dyan Hilton. ''The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt''. Thames & Hudson. 2004. ]
References
Queens consort of the Twenty-second Dynasty of Egypt
10th-century BC Egyptian women
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