Sat-netjer

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Sat-netjer in hieroglyphics
title
nTr zA
t

Satellite netjer
S3T-NTR
God daughter
extended variant
R8 zA
X1
N35
X1
F32
X1
f

Satellite netjer-nit-chetef
S3T NTR n.it-ẖ.tf
corporeal God daughter

Sat-netjer , in German "God's daughter", was an ancient Egyptian title of royal women, which is mainly used in the Old Kingdom , in the 4th , 5th and 6th dynasties . After that, the title can only be found in Queen Hatshepsut ( 18th dynasty ) and twice in the 25th dynasty .

The first royal lady to call herself “the daughter of God” was Hetepheres I , the mother of the king ( Pharaoh ) Cheops . The title was borne by royal mothers who were royal or civil origin and who had given birth to a son who came to the throne. So “God” doesn't seem to be referring to the king here. The title is also attested as a variant "bodily daughter of God". With this title, the kings who were sons of the titleholders received a divine origin on their mother's side.

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. 71-72, 261-267, 369 & 388 (at the same time: Mainz, Univ., Diss., 1997).