Chenut

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Chenut (also: Khenut ) was one of the two wives of the ancient Egyptian king Unas . She lived in the 5th Dynasty around 2380 BC. And had a large mastaba next to her husband's pyramid in Saqqara . The mastaba was excavated and published by Peter Munro .

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 , pp. 545-546 ( PDF; 16.7 MB ).
  • Peter Munro : Topographical-historical introduction; The double grave of the queens Nebet and Khenut (= The Unas cemetery north-west. Vol. 1). von Zabern, Mainz 1993, ISBN 978-3805313537 .
personal data
SURNAME Chenut
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Wife of the ancient Egyptian king Unas
DATE OF BIRTH 24th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 24th century BC Chr.