Hemetre Hemi
Hemetre Hemi in hieroglyphics | |||||
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Hemetre Ḥm.t-Rˁ servant of Re |
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Hemi Ḥmj |
Hemetre (short form: Hemi ) was an ancient Egyptian princess at the transition from the 5th to the 6th dynasty . She was a daughter of Pharaoh Unas .
Origin and family
Hemetre was a daughter of Pharaoh Unas, the ninth and last ruler of the 5th dynasty. An inscription in her grave explicitly names Unas as her father. Unas had two royal wives: Nebet and Chenut . Which of the two was Hemetre's mother is unknown. Several siblings or half-siblings of Hemetre are known: her brother Unasanch and another brother, whose name has not been passed down, as well as her sisters Chentkaus , Iput I (the later wife of Pharaoh Teti ) and Seschseschet Idut . Other possible sisters were Neferetkaus and Neferut .
title
Hemetre bore the titles of a natural king's daughter and a servant of God in the mrt temple of Teti .
tomb
Hemetre was buried in the Mastaba D 65 northwest of the Djoser pyramid in Saqqara . In this her sarcophagus and a false door were found.
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. 519 ( PDF; 16.7 MB ).
- Aidan Dodson , Dyan Hilton: The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt . The American University in Cairo Press, London 2004, ISBN 977-424-878-3 , pp. 62-69.
- Selim Hassan : Excavations at Saqqara, 1937-1938. Mastabas of Princess Hemet-Rˁ and others. General Organization for Gov. Print. Off., Cairo 1975.
- Auguste Mariette : Les Mastabas de l'ancien empire. Vieweg, Paris 1889, pp. 359-360 ( online ).
- Bertha Porter , Rosalind LB Moss , Ethel W. Burney: Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings. Volume III: Memphis. Part 2: Ṣaqqâra to Dahshûr. 2nd edition, revised and expanded by Jaromír Málek . Griffith Institute / Ashmolean Museum , Oxford 1981, ISBN 0-900416-23-8 , p. 606, map LVIII ( PDF; 33.5 MB ); Retrieved from The Digital Topographical Bibliography .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Hemetre |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hemi |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Princess of the ancient Egyptian 5th dynasty |
DATE OF BIRTH | 25th century BC BC or 24th century BC Chr. |
DATE OF DEATH | 24th century BC Chr. |