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, 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, af ...

. A life-sized statue of her holding Hatshepsut is inscribed with her charge, which is repeated on an '' ostrakon'' now in

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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. 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 ...

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