Persenet (Personet, Per-sent) was an ancient Egyptian queen consort of the

4th Dynasty The Fourth Dynasty of ancient Egypt (notated Dynasty IV) is characterized as a "golden age" of the Old Kingdom of Egypt. Dynasty IV lasted from to 2494 BC. It was a time of peace and prosperity as well as one during which trade with other ...

. She may have been a daughter of King

Khufu Khufu or Cheops was an ancient Egyptian monarch who was the second pharaoh of the Fourth Dynasty, in the first half of the Old Kingdom period ( 26th century BC). Khufu succeeded his father Sneferu as king. He is generally accepted as having c ...

and a wife of King Khafre. She is mainly known from her tomb at Giza (G 8156).

Biography

According to Grajetzki, Persenet's full set of titles was: great of sceptre ''(wr.t-ḥts)'', king's beloved wife ''(ḥm.t-nỉswt mrỉỉt=f)'' and king's daughter of his body ''(sat-niswt-nt-xtf)''. The position of her tomb suggests that she was the wife of king Khafre and possibly a daughter of Khufu.Grajetzki, Ancient Egyptian Queens: A Hieroglyphic Dictionary, Golden House Publications, London, 2005, Persenet may be the mother of the vizier

Nikaure Nikaure was an ancient Egyptian prince and vizier during the 4th Dynasty The Fourth Dynasty of ancient Egypt (notated Dynasty IV) is characterized as a "golden age" of the Old Kingdom of Egypt. Dynasty IV lasted from to 2494 BC. It wa ...

.Dodson, Aidan and Hilton, Dyan. The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt. Thames & Hudson. 2004.

Tomb

Persenet's tomb is LG 88 in Giza using the numbering introduced by Lepsius. It is also given the designation G 8156.Giza pyramids by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
/ref> The tomb is a rock-cut mastaba located in the Central Field which is part of the

Giza Necropolis The Giza pyramid complex ( ar, مجمع أهرامات الجيزة), also called the Giza necropolis, is the site on the Giza Plateau in Greater Cairo, Egypt that includes the Great Pyramid of Giza, the Pyramid of Khafre, and the Pyramid of M ...

. Persenet's tomb is adjacent to that of Nikaure and were probably constructed at the same time. Persenet's tomb can be entered through and entrance in the south wall or an entrance in the east wall which connects to the tomb of

. The chamber is L-shaped and contains two pillars. There are no decorations on the walls but the pillars are inscribed.Reisner, George A. A History of the Giza Necropolis 1. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1942, pp. 225, 310, fig. 125.

References

{{Queens of Ancient Egypt Queens consort of the Fourth Dynasty of Egypt Khafre