Semat

Semat in hieroglyphics
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Semat was an ancient Egyptian queen of the 1st Dynasty and consort of King Den .

Almost nothing is known about Queen Semat, only her grave stele was discovered in one of the side graves of King Dens necropolis in Abydos . It was entitled " Who is allowed to see Horus " and " Who bears Seth ". The reading of her name is controversial in research, the reading wdpw ("servant") has also been suggested.

The stele was in the Egyptian Museum in Berlin under inventory number 15484. It was destroyed in World War II.

literature

Silke Roth: The royal mothers of ancient Egypt . Wiesbaden 2001, ISBN 3-447-04368-7 , p. 382, Fig. 15 on page 525.
Geoffrey Thorndike Martin: Umm el-Qaab VII, Private Stelae of the Early Dynastic Period from the Royal Cemetery at Abydos , Archäologischer Publicungen 123, Wiesbaden 2011, ISBN 978-3-447-06256-5 , pp. 100-101, no. 129, plate 35.

Web links

Francesco Raffaele: Queen Semat (English)

Individual evidence

↑ Silke Roth: The royal mothers of ancient Egypt . Page 382.
^ Martin: Umm el-Qaab VII, Private Stelae of the Early Dynastic Period . Page 100.

personal data
SURNAME	Semat
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Consort of King Den
DATE OF BIRTH	29th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	29th century BC Chr.

[1] Silke Roth: The royal mothers of ancient Egypt . Page 382.

[2] Martin: Umm el-Qaab VII, Private Stelae of the Early Dynastic Period . Page 100.