Tem was an ancient Egyptian queen consort of the 11th Dynasty, a wife of Pharaoh

Mentuhotep II Mentuhotep II ( egy, Mn- ṯw- ḥtp, meaning " Mentu is satisfied"), also known under his prenomen Nebhepetre ( egy, Nb- ḥpt- Rˁ, meaning "The Lord of the rudder is Ra"), was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh, the sixth ruler of the Eleventh D ...

and the mother of

Mentuhotep III Sankhkare Mentuhotep III (also Montuhotep III) of the Eleventh Dynasty was Pharaoh of Egypt during the Middle Kingdom. He was assigned a reign of 12 years in the Turin Canon. Reign Mentuhotep III succeeded his father Mentuhotep II to t ...

. She was buried in Tomb DBXI.15 in

Deir el-Bahari Deir el-Bahari or Dayr al-Bahri ( ar, الدير البحري, al-Dayr al-Baḥrī, the Monastery of the North) is a complex of mortuary temples and tombs located on the west bank of the Nile, opposite the city of Luxor, Egypt. This is a part o ...

, in her husband's mortuary complex. She outlived her husband and was buried during her son's reign. It is likely that she was of commoner origin, as there is no evidence in her grave that points to a royal origin. She is only named on her sarcophagus and on an offering table. Her titles are "King's beloved wife" ''(ḥmt-nỉswt mrỉỉ.t=f),'' King's Mother" ''(mwt-nỉswt),'' Mother of the King of Upper and Lower Egypt ''(mwt-nỉswt-bỉt),'' Great of Sceptre ''(wr.t-ḥt=s).''Grajetzki, Wolfram. Ancient Egyptian Queens: A Hieroglyphic Dictionary. London: Golden House Publications. (2005), p.28 Her tomb was discovered in 1859, and was fully excavated in 1968 by D. Arnold.

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{{Queens of Ancient Egypt Queens consort of the Eleventh Dynasty of Egypt Mentuhotep II