Tia (princess)

Tia in hieroglyphics
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Column from the burial chapel of Tia and Tia

Tia (* around 1307 BC) was the daughter of the later King ( Pharaoh ) Seti I and his subsequently appointed Great Royal Wife Tuja . In her grave she is usually referred to as the royal sister , mistress of the house , singer of Amun , Hathor and Re .

family

Tia, the older sister of Ramses II , was born at a time when her father, Seti I, was not yet holding an important position under the haremhab . Her brother Nebchasetnebet died at a young age. As a young woman, Tia married around 1293 BC. The royal scribe Tia , son of Amunwahsu .

This marriage could only take place because it was not yet known at the time of the marriage that Seti I would later be made king. In addition, Seti I served under Haremhab as chief of the troops . Because of her non-royal birth, Tia was one of the few princesses who married an official. Otherwise it was not customary in the New Kingdom for royal daughters to marry an official.

After Seti I was appointed king, Tia's husband rose to become a civil servant in other higher offices, for example as head of the treasury and head of the cattle of Amun .

Her grave

Tia and her husband are buried next to the haremhab's tomb in Saqqara . The tomb has a forecourt, a main courtyard decorated with columns, a chapel and other rooms.

All parts of this burial chapel were decorated with reliefs. In the back there was also a small pyramid . The actual grave rooms could be reached via a shaft and were undecorated.

literature

• Geoffrey T. Martin: The hidden tombs of Memphis: new discoveries from the time of Tutankhamun and Ramesses the Great. Thames & Hudson, London 1991, ISBN 0-500-39026-6 , pp. 101-115.