Merut Seschseschet
Merut , with a beautiful name Seschseschet, was a princess of the ancient Egyptian 6th dynasty , who probably only bore this title for honor.
Origin and family
The ancestry of Merut is unknown. Her husband's titles and the style of decoration of his tomb date Merut's lifetime to the end of the 6th Dynasty. She was married to the civil servant Ptahemhat , called Ptahi, who only held relatively low offices such as clerk chief and king noble . Merut should not have belonged to the closer royal family of the outgoing 6th dynasty. Perhaps there was a distant relationship, since their beautiful name Seschseschet was also borne by several daughters of Tetis , the first king of the 6th dynasty.
title
Merut Seschseschet bore the titles of a king's daughter and an eldest king's daughter.
tomb
Merut Seschseschet was buried in her husband's mastaba west of the Djoser pyramid in Saqqara . A false door with her name on it was found in the poorly preserved tomb .
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. 466 ( PDF; 16.7 MB ).
- Ahmed M. Moussa , Hartwig Altenmüller : Report on the excavations of the Egyptian Antiquities Service in the east of the Ptahhotep group in Saqqara in 1975. In: Communications of the German Archaeological Institute, Cairo Department. Volume 36, 1980, pp. 319-347.
Individual evidence
- ^ Michel Baud: Famille royale et pouvoir sous l'Ancien Empire égyptien. Tome 2. 1999, p. 466.
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| SURNAME | Merut |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Seschseschet; Nubchetnebti |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Princess of the ancient Egyptian 6th Dynasty |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 23rd century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 23rd century BC BC or 22nd century BC Chr. |