![Ostracon, Vienna](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d9/Ostracon%2C_Vienna.jpg)
The
ancient Egyptian noble Sitre In (or Sitra In, or Sit-re known as In or Inet, or simply Sitre) was buried in the
Valley of the Kings
The Valley of the Kings ( ar, وادي الملوك ; Late Coptic: ), also known as the Valley of the Gates of the Kings ( ar, وادي أبوا الملوك ), is a valley in Egypt where, for a period of nearly 500 years from the 16th to 11th ...
, in tomb
KV60
Tomb KV60 is an ancient Egyptian tomb in the Valley of the Kings, Egypt. It was discovered by Howard Carter in 1903, and re-excavated by Donald P. Ryan in 1989. It is one of the more perplexing tombs of the Theban Necropolis, due to the uncertain ...
. She has been identified as the nurse of
Hatshepsut
Hatshepsut (; also Hatchepsut; Egyptian: '' ḥꜣt- špswt'' "Foremost of Noble Ladies"; or Hatasu c. 1507–1458 BC) was the fifth pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt. She was the second historically confirmed female pharaoh, aft ...
. A life-sized statue of her holding Hatshepsut is inscribed with her charge, which is repeated on an ''
ostrakon
An ostracon ( Greek: ''ostrakon'', plural ''ostraka'') is a piece of pottery, usually broken off from a vase or other earthenware vessel. In an archaeological or epigraphical context, ''ostraca'' refer to sherds or even small pieces of ...
'' now in
Vienna
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, registration_plate = W
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.
[Eric H. Cline, David B. O'Connor, ]
Thutmose III: A New Biography
', University of Michigan Press 2006, p.98 Although not a member of the royal family, she received the honour of a burial in the royal
necropolis
A necropolis (plural necropolises, necropoles, necropoleis, necropoli) is a large, designed cemetery with elaborate tomb monuments. The name stems from the Ancient Greek ''nekropolis'', literally meaning "city of the dead".
The term usually im ...
. Her coffin has the inscription ''wr šdt nfrw nswt In'', identifying her as the ''Great Royal
Wet Nurse
A wet nurse is a woman who breastfeeds and cares for another's child. Wet nurses are employed if the mother dies, or if she is unable or chooses not to nurse the child herself. Wet-nursed children may be known as "milk-siblings", and in some cu ...
In''.
References
16th-century BC women
People of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt
Wet nurses
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