Satiah (also, Sitiah, Sitioh; "''Daughter of the Moon''") was an
ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt () was a cradle of civilization concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River in Northeast Africa. It emerged from prehistoric Egypt around 3150BC (according to conventional Egyptian chronology), when Upper and Lower E ...
ian queen, the first
Great Royal Wife
Great Royal Wife, or alternatively, Chief King's Wife () is the title that was used to refer to the Queen consort, principal wife of the pharaoh of Ancient Egypt, who served many official functions.
Description
While most ancient Egyptians were ...
of
Pharaoh
Pharaoh (, ; Egyptian language, Egyptian: ''wikt:pr ꜥꜣ, pr ꜥꜣ''; Meroitic language, Meroitic: 𐦲𐦤𐦧, ; Biblical Hebrew: ''Parʿō'') was the title of the monarch of ancient Egypt from the First Dynasty of Egypt, First Dynasty ( ...
Thutmose III
Thutmose III (variously also spelt Tuthmosis or Thothmes), sometimes called Thutmose the Great, (1479–1425 BC) was the fifth pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty of Egypt. He is regarded as one of the greatest warriors, military commanders, and milita ...
.
Family
Satiah was the daughter of the royal nurse
Ipu. It is possible that her father was the important official
Ahmose Pen-Nekhebet. Most probrably she was the mother of Prince
Amenemhat – Thutmose's eldest son (sometimes considered son of
Neferure), who died during his father's reign.
Satiah died during her husband's reign, shortly after
Hatshepsut
Hatshepsut ( ; BC) was the sixth pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Ancient Egypt, Egypt, ruling first as regent, then as queen regnant from until (Low Chronology) and the Great Royal Wife of Pharaoh Thutmose II. She was Egypt's second c ...
's death, and Thutmose's next Great Royal Wife was
Merytre.
Biography
Satiah's titles include: King's Wife (ḥmt-nisw), Great King's Wife (ḥmt-niswt-wrt) and God's Wife (ḥmt-ntr).
Satiah is attested in several places. In
Abydos the text on an offering table mentions her mother, the “nurse of the god” Ipu. The offering table was dedicated by the lector priest Therikiti. A bronze votive axe-head(?) (now in the Cairo Museum), inscribed with the name of Queen Satiah, was also found in
Abydos.
At the temple of
Montu
Montu was a falcon-god of war in the ancient Egyptian religion, an embodiment of the conquering vitality of the pharaoh.Hart, George, ''A Dictionary of Egyptian Gods and Goddesses'', Routledge, 1986, . p. 126. He was particularly worshipped in ...
at
El-Tod
El-Tod ( , from , , , ) was the site of an ancient Egyptian town and a temple to the Ancient Egyptian religion, Egyptian god Montu. It is located southwest of Luxor, Egypt, near the settlement of Hermonthis. A modern village now surrounds the ...
, a statue of the queen was dedicated by Thutmose III after her death (the statue is now in the Cairo Museum).
Queen Satiah is depicted behind Queen
Merytre-Hatshepsut and
Thutmose III
Thutmose III (variously also spelt Tuthmosis or Thothmes), sometimes called Thutmose the Great, (1479–1425 BC) was the fifth pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty of Egypt. He is regarded as one of the greatest warriors, military commanders, and milita ...
on a pillar in the tomb of the king (
KV34). Behind Queen Satiah we see the King's Wife
Nebtu and the King's Daughter Nefertari.
[A. Bart Queen Sitiah website]
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Satiah is depicted before Thutmose III in a relief from Karnak Temple, Karnak.[
A stela in the Cairo Museum shows Queen Satiah standing behind Thutmose III.][A. Bart Queen Sitiah website]
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References
Further reading
Alexandre Herrero Pardo, ''Satiah, 1ª Gran Esposa Real; Meritre, 2ª Gran Esposa Real; Isis, la madre del Rey - Las mujeres en la vida de Tutmosis III - Los Nobles de Egipto''
External links
Queen Sitiah (website by A. Bart)
{{Queens of Ancient Egypt
15th-century BC Egyptian women
Queens consort of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt
Wives of Thutmose III
Great Royal Wives