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Tiaa , also Tia , was an ancient Egyptian queen in the New Kingdom (18th Dynasty). She was the wife of Amenhotep II and mother of Thutmose IV.
Origin and family
Tiaa's parents are unknown and she is not referred to as the king's daughter ( S3t-nswt ) in any inscription . She is the only woman who is documented as the " Great Royal Wife " of Amenophis II, although there was an assumption that he could have been married to his sister Meritamun. As the title of Tiaa, the Queen Mother ( Mw.t-nswt ) and, under her son Thutmose IV. “ God's Wife of Amun ” ( Ḥmt-nṯr-n-Jmn ) are still inscribed.
Role at the royal court
Nothing is known about her life as the wife of Amenhotep II. Queen Tiaa is only named on the basis of monuments dating back to the reign of her son Thutmose IV. Thutmose IV had monuments built for his mother in Gizeh , Thebes and the Fayyum . It is also proven that inscriptions of the Meritre Hatshepsut were usurped by Tiaa.
Tiaa only achieved greater political and religious importance under her son, for example by being viewed as an earthly counterpart to the goddesses Hathor , Isis and Mut . She not only bears the title "Wife of God of Amun", but is also shown together with her son and his first wife Nefertari. It even seems as if Thutmose IV divided “the ritual aspects of royalty” between his wives Nefertari and Jaret and the queen mother Tiaa.
Their close relationship with Thutmose IV is expressed through mention in various inscriptions or representations. A seated statue from Karnak, which is now in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, shows mother and son sitting next to each other and despite the distance, placing one arm around the other.
dig
KV32 in the Valley of the Kings is known as Tiaa's tomb today . It was discovered by Victor Loret in 1898 , but the owner of the grave was unknown at the time. It was not until the MISR project: Mission Siptah-Ramses X. (2000 to 2001) of the University of Basel that the apparently unfinished grave was excavated, although it has not yet been fully exposed. Nevertheless, it was assigned to Queen Tiaa, as parts of her burial equipment were found here, including her canopic box . Her mummy, however, was not found.
literature
- Aidan Dodson , Dyan Hilton: The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt. Thames & Hudson, London 2004, ISBN 0-500-05128-3 , pp. 134, 140.
- Nicholas Reeves and Richard H. Wilkinson: The Valley of the Kings. Mysterious realm of the dead of the pharaohs. Weltbild, Augsburg 2000, ISBN 3-8289-0739-3 , p. 183.
- Joyce Tyldesley : The Queens of Ancient Egypt . Koehler & Amelang, Leipzig 2008, ISBN 978-3-7338-0358-2 , p. 112.
Web links
- Theban Mapping Project: KV32 (English)
- Archeology Online: MISR: Mission Siptah - Ramses X .. Three royal tombs and a collection of workers' huts in the Valley of the Kings (Luxor) - KV32 with photo of the Tiaa canopic box , August 20, 2001
Individual evidence
- ↑ Joyce Tyldesley: The Queens of Ancient Egypt. Leipzig 2008, p. 113.
- ↑ Theban Mapping Project: KV 32 (Tia'a) ( Memento of the original of September 27, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Aidan Dodson, Dyan Hilton: The Complete Royal Families Of Ancient Egypt. London 2004, p. 140.
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| SURNAME | Tiaa |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Tia |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Egyptian queen |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 15th century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 15th century BC BC or 14th century BC Chr. |