Sitamun

Sitamun in hieroglyphics

Satamun
(Sat Amun)
S3.t Jmn
daughter of Amun

Relief fragment which probably represents Sitamun
( Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archeology )

Sitamun , also Sit-Amun or Zatamun , actually Satamun , was an ancient Egyptian princess of the 18th Dynasty and the firstborn daughter of King ( Pharaoh ) Amenophis III. and his great royal consort Teje .

title

Replica of the Sitamun's throne

Daughter of the king, born of his body.
Great royal consort to the king who loves her.
Mistress of the two countries.

supporting documents

Objects with their name are relatively numerous. In the grave ( KV46 ) of her grandparents Juja and Tuja was a throne that belonged to her and on which a servant is depicted, who gives her the gold of the southern countries . Another throne from the same tomb shows her in front of her mother Teje. A relief block, which probably shows her picture, comes from the mortuary temple of Amenhotep II. Other finds have shown that Amenhotep III. built this temple.

marriage

Probably in the 30th year of the reign she married her father Amenophis III. and, like her sister Isis later , became his "Great Royal Wife". This marriage does not necessarily have to mean an incestuous relationship, but could also have a ritual - religious character.

Amarna time

Nothing is known about this princess from the Amarna period . There is the thesis that she is identical with Baketaton and that she assumed this new name under the rule of her brother Akhenaten .

literature

Aidan Dodson , Dyan Hilton: The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt. Thames & Hudson, London 2004, ISBN 0-500-05128-3 , p. 157.
Joann Fletcher : Diary of a Pharaoh. Amenhotep III Weltbild, Augsburg 2001, ISBN 3-8289-0778-4 .
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 , pp. 121-122.

Web links

Commons : Sitamun - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

^ Theodore M. Davis et al .: The Tomb of Iouiya and Touiyou. The Finding of the Tomb. Notes on Iouiya and Touiyou. Constable, London 1907, pp. 37-41.
^ Theodore M. Davis et al .: The Tomb of Iouiya and Touiyou. ... pp. 42-44.
^ WM Flinders Petrie : Six Temples at Thebes 1896. Quaritch, London 1897, pl. VI.8 .
↑ Nicholas Reeves : Akhenaten. The false prophet (= cultural history of the ancient world . Vol. 91). von Zabern, Mainz 2002, ISBN 3-8053-2828-1 , p. 70.

personal data
SURNAME	Sitamun
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Zatamun; Satamun
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	first-born daughter of Amenophis III. and his great royal consort Teje , and sister of Akhenaten (Amenhotep IV.)
DATE OF BIRTH	14th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	14th century BC Chr.

[1] Theodore M. Davis et al .: The Tomb of Iouiya and Touiyou. The Finding of the Tomb. Notes on Iouiya and Touiyou. Constable, London 1907, pp. 37-41.

[2] Theodore M. Davis et al .: The Tomb of Iouiya and Touiyou. ... pp. 42-44.

[3] WM Flinders Petrie : Six Temples at Thebes 1896. Quaritch, London 1897, pl. VI.8 .

[4] Nicholas Reeves : Akhenaten. The false prophet (= cultural history of the ancient world . Vol. 91). von Zabern, Mainz 2002, ISBN 3-8053-2828-1 , p. 70.