Hemet-nisut
| Hemet-nisut in hieroglyphics | |||||
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| title |
Hemet-nisut Ḥmt-njswt wife of the king |
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| extended title |
Hemet-nisut-weret Ḥmt-njswt-wrt Great royal wife |
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Hemet-nisut , in English "consort of the king" or "consort of the king", was an ancient Egyptian kinship title that was initially reserved only for the main wives of kings ( pharaohs ), but was later also given to concubines .
The oldest evidence of this title can be found for Queen Meritites I under King Sneferu ( 4th Dynasty ). From the 6th dynasty onwards , the king's concubines also held this title. From the 13th Dynasty (Second Intermediate Period) the main wives called themselves Hemet-nisut-weret ("Great Royal Wife") in order to be able to stand out from the other wives in their rank.
See also
literature
- Silke Roth: The royal mothers of ancient Egypt. From the early period to the end of the 12th Dynasty (= Egypt and Old Testament. Vol. 46). Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 2001, ISBN 3-447-04368-7 , pp. 38-44, 247 (also: Mainz, Univ., Diss., 1997).
- Joyce Tyldesley : The Queens of Ancient Egypt. From the early dynasties to the death of Cleopatra. Koehler & Amelang , Leipzig 2008, ISBN 978-3-7338-0358-2 .