Seschseschet Watetchethor

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Seschseschet Watetchethor in hieroglyphics
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Depiction of Seschseschet Watetchethor in the mastaba of Mereuka

Seschseschet Watetchethor (also Watetchethor Seschseschet ) was a princess of the ancient Egyptian 6th Dynasty and a daughter of Pharaoh Teti .

Origin and family

Seschseschet was a daughter of Pharaoh Teti, the first ruler of the 6th Dynasty. It was apparently named after Teti's mother, Seschseschet . Teti had at least three royal wives: Iput I , Chuit and a woman whose name is incomplete and was perhaps Chentkaus. It is not known which of these women was the mother of Seschseschet. Numerous siblings or half-siblings of Seschseschet Watetchethor are known: their brothers Userkare and Pepi I , who both ascended the Egyptian throne after Teti's death, as well as several sisters. One of them was called Inti , other sisters also had the name component Seschseschet ( Nebtinubchet Seschseschet , Seschseschet Scheschit , Seschseschet Scheschti ).

Seschseschet Watetchethor was married to the vizier Mereruka . Several children emerged from this marriage, including a son named Meriteti , who later also held the office of vizier. Other sons were Chenti, Chentu, Ihiemsaf, Memi and possibly Aperef. The only known daughter was […] ibnub (name only partially preserved).

title

Seschseschet Watetchethor had the following titles: Servant of Hathor , Servant of Neith , natural king's daughter, beloved eldest king's daughter, eldest natural king's daughter, cared for by her father, [cared for] by her father, loved by him.

tomb

Floor plan of the mastaba of the Mereuka. The southwestern section (B) was intended for the cult of the dead for Seschseschet Watetchethor

Seschseschet Watetchethor was buried in her husband's mastaba near the Teti pyramid in Saqqara . This is one of the largest and most elaborate private graves in ancient Egypt. The building has a total of 32 mostly richly decorated rooms, of which the south-western six served the cult of the dead of Seschseschet Watetchethor. The bones of Seschseschet Watetchethor were found in the burial chamber. They are now in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo .

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. 434–435 ( 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.
  • Bertha Porter , Rosalind LB Moss : Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs and PaSeschseschetngs. Volume III: Memphis. Part 2. Saqqara to Dahshur. 2nd Edition. Oxford University Press, Oxford 1981, pp. 525-537 ( PDF; 33.5 MB ).

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aidan Dodson, Dyan Hilton: The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt. 2004, p. 72.
  2. ^ Michel Baud: Famille royale et pouvoir sous l'Ancien Empire égyptien. Tome 2. 1999, p. 434.
personal data
SURNAME Seschseschet
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Watetchethor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Princess of the ancient Egyptian 6th Dynasty
DATE OF BIRTH 24th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 23rd century BC Chr.