Iput I.

Iput I was a queen of the ancient Egyptian 6th dynasty . She was a daughter of Pharaoh Unas , the last ruler of the 5th dynasty and the wife of Pharaoh Teti II , the founder of the 6th dynasty. The only known child from this marriage is Tetis heir to the throne Pepi I.

tomb

For Iput I was north grave conditioning her husband a Mastaba built, which I subsequently into a Queens during the reign of Pepi pyramid was redesigned. The building has a side length of 21 m and was discovered by Victor Loret in 1898 . For a long time it was disputed whether this tomb was actually a pyramid. Only new excavations, which began in 1995 under the direction of Zahi Hawass , could confirm this. The burial chamber was not robbed, in addition to numerous grave goods, bone fragments from Iput I's body 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 , pp. 410–411 ( 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. 70-78.
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 , p. 57.
Miroslav Verner : The pyramids (= rororo non-fiction book. Volume 60890). Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg 1999, ISBN 3-499-60890-1 , pp. 387-388.

personal data
SURNAME	Iput I.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Queen of the ancient Egyptian 6th Dynasty
DATE OF BIRTH	24th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	24th century BC BC or 23rd century BC Chr.