Tisethor

Tisethor was a princess of the ancient Egyptian 5th dynasty and a granddaughter of Pharaoh Djedkare .

Origin and family

Tisethor was the only known daughter of Princess Chekeretnebti and thus a granddaughter of Pharaoh Djedkare Isesi, the eighth and penultimate ruler of the 5th dynasty. Your father is unknown. She had two uncles named Isesianch and Neserkauhor and three aunts named Hedjetnebu , Mereretisesi and Nebtiemneferes .

title

Tisethor had the following titles: Owner of the supply by the Great God and the King, king's jewelry, beloved king's jewelry, beloved and supplied king's jewelry.

tomb

Tisethor was buried in mastaba B in the family cemetery of Djedkare in Abusir , which was originally only built for her mother. For this purpose, another grave shaft with a sarcophagus chamber for the burial of Tisethor was created north of the central grave shaft and a room in the grave chapel originally intended as a magazine was converted into another sacrificial room.

The remains of Tisethor's mummy were found in the northern sarcophagus chamber . An anthropological study found the age at death to be 15 or 16 years.

literature

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. 62-69.
Miroslav Verner , Vivienne G. Callender : Abusir VI: Djedkare's Family Cemetery (= Excavations of the Czech Institute of Egyptology. Volume 6). Charles University, Prague 2002, ISBN 80-86277-22-4 ( online ).

Web links

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Individual evidence

^ Rainer Hannig : Large Concise Dictionary Egyptian-German. (2800-950 BC). The language of the pharaohs (= Hannig-Lexica. Volume 1 = Cultural history of the ancient world . Volume 64). 3rd edition, Zabern, Mainz 2001, ISBN 3-8053-1771-9 , p. 918.
↑ Miroslav Verner, Vivienne G. Callender: Abusir VI: Djedkare's Family Cemetery. 2002, pp. 13-14.
↑ Miroslav Verner, Vivienne G. Callender: Abusir VI: Djedkare's Family Cemetery. 2002, pp. 18, 21-23.
↑ Miroslav Verner, Vivienne G. Callender: Abusir VI: Djedkare's Family Cemetery. 2002, p. 121.

personal data
SURNAME	Tisethor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Princess of the ancient Egyptian 5th dynasty
DATE OF BIRTH	25th or 24th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	25th or 24th century BC Chr.

[1] Rainer Hannig : Large Concise Dictionary Egyptian-German. (2800-950 BC). The language of the pharaohs (= Hannig-Lexica. Volume 1 = Cultural history of the ancient world . Volume 64). 3rd edition, Zabern, Mainz 2001, ISBN 3-8053-1771-9 , p. 918.

[2] Miroslav Verner, Vivienne G. Callender: Abusir VI: Djedkare's Family Cemetery. 2002, pp. 13-14.

[3] Miroslav Verner, Vivienne G. Callender: Abusir VI: Djedkare's Family Cemetery. 2002, pp. 18, 21-23.

[4] Miroslav Verner, Vivienne G. Callender: Abusir VI: Djedkare's Family Cemetery. 2002, p. 121.