Chentetenka

Chentetenka in hieroglyphics
Chentetenka (Chentet en ka) Ḥntt n k3

Chentetenka (also read Chentetka ) is the name of an ancient Egyptian queen who is considered the second wife of King ( Pharaoh ) Djedefre in the 4th Dynasty during the Old Kingdom .

identity

Chentetenka carried royal titles such as " Royal Wife ", "Companion of Horus" and " Priestess of Neith ". So far it has only been documented by groups of statues from the pyramid necropolis of Djedefre in Abu Roasch . She is shown there as a small, kneeling female figure at the Pharaoh's feet, as she puts her right arm around the king's left leg. Chentetenka may have had sons and daughters, but it is unknown who exactly they were and how many children she bore. The tomb of Chentetenka is also unknown, some Egyptologists and archaeologists suspect the satellite pyramid at the southwest corner of the Djedefre pyramid as their final resting place, but other researchers such as Rainer Stadelmann and Peter Jánosi see a cult pyramid in the small monument.

literature

• Michel Baud : Famille royale et pouvoir sous l'Ancien Empire égyptien. Tome 2 (= Bibliothèque d'Étude. Volume 126/2). Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale, Cairo 1999, ISBN 2-7247-0250-6 , p. 559 ( PDF; 16.7 MB ).
• Margaret Bunson: Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt . Infobase Publishing, 2009, ISBN 1438109970 , p. 201.
• Wolfram Grajetzki: Ancient Egyptian Queens: A Hieroglyphic Dictionary . Golden House Publications, London 2005, ISBN 0954721896 , p. 10.
• Joyce A. Tyldesley : Chronicle of the queens of Egypt: from early dynastic times to the death of Cleopatra . Thames & Hudson, London 2006, ISBN 0500051453 , pp. 45 & 46ff.