Sitdjehuti (or ''Satdjehuti''; “Daughter of

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”) was a princess and queen of the late Seventeenth Dynasty of Egypt. She was a daughter of Pharaoh

Senakhtenre Ahmose Senakhtenre Ahmose, was the seventh king of the Seventeenth Dynasty of Egypt during the Second Intermediate Period.Darrell D. Baker: The Encyclopedia of the Pharaohs: Volume I - Predynastic to the Twentieth Dynasty 3300–1069 BC, Stacey Interna ...

and Queen

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. She was the wife of her brother

Seqenenre Tao Seqenenre Tao (also Seqenera Djehuty-aa or Sekenenra Taa, called 'the Brave') ruled over the last of the local kingdoms of the Theban region of Egypt in the Seventeenth Dynasty during the Second Intermediate Period. He probably was the son and ...

and was the mother of Princess Ahmose.

Life

Sitdjehuti was a daughter of Pharaoh

and a sister to Pharaoh

and the queens Ahhotep and

Ahmose Inhapy Ahmose-Inhapy or Ahmose-Inhapi (referred to as Anhapou by Maspero) was a princess and queen of the late 17th Dynasty and early 18th Dynasty. Life She was probably a daughter of Pharaoh Senakhtenre and was sister to Pharaoh Seqenenre Tao, and t ...

. She was married to her (half-)brother Seqenenre-Tao and bore him a daughter, Ahmose. On her sarcophagus, she is stated to be the daughter of

. Her other name is given as Satibu.

Titles

Sitdjehuti's titles include ''King's Wife'', ''King's Sister'', and ''King's Daughter''. She is mentioned on the mummy shroud of her daughter Ahmose, which was found in the

Valley of the Queens The Valley of the Queens ( ar, وادي الملكات ) is a site in Egypt, where the wives of pharaohs were buried in ancient times. It was known then as Ta-Set-Neferu, meaning "the place of beauty". It was most famous for being the burial site ...

(QV47). Ahmose is called the King's Daughter and Queen's Sister. This states that Ahmose was the daughter of King

and Sitdjehuti.Grajetzki, Ancient Egyptian Queens: a hieroglyphic dictionary, 2005

Death and burial

Sitdjehuti's mummy was discovered around 1820, along with its coffin, golden mask, a heart scarab, and linens donated by her niece Queen

Ahmose-Nefertari Ahmose-Nefertari (Ancient Egyptian: '' Jꜥḥ ms Nfr trj'') was the first Great Royal Wife of the 18th Dynasty of Ancient Egypt. She was a daughter of Seqenenre Tao and Ahhotep I, and royal sister and wife to Ahmose I. Her son Amenhotep I b ...

. The linen is inscribed with the text: ::Given in the favour of the god's wife, king's wife and king's mother Ahmose Nefertari may she live, so Satdjehuty.S. Quirke and J. Spencer, The British Museum Book of Egypt, pg 188-189 Satdjehuti's coffin lid is now held at

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while her funerary mask is located in the

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(EA 29770).

References

External links

Mummy Mask of Satdjehuty
from the British Museum. {{Queens of Ancient Egypt 16th-century BC women Queens consort of the Seventeenth Dynasty of Egypt Ancient Egyptian mummies Princesses of the Seventeenth Dynasty of Egypt