Title of ancient Egyptian queens

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The following list of titles of ancient Egyptian queens covers all periods of ancient Egyptian history. As early as the 1st Dynasty there were women with titles that could be identified as queens. The term royal consort certainly did not appear until the 4th dynasty , but then quickly became the most important title of queens. A majority of the titles were only held by queens, some of the following titles were also held by royal daughters . There are few titles that both queens, as well as from civil worn women.

title in hieroglyphics Translations Function / interpretation Occupancy period literature
Irit-pat-aat-em-ah
Jr.jt-pˁ.t-ˁ3.tm-ˁḥ 		Princess and the Great in the Palace
Weret-hesut
Wr.t-ḥsw.t
G36
D21
X1 		W14 W14 W14
Which is great in favor since the 4th dynasty
Weret-hetes
Wr.t-ḥts
S42 wr
t
Great of the hetes scepter since the 1st dynasty
Maat-Hor-Setech
M33.t-Ḥr. (W) -Stḫ
G5 E20 mA ir
t
Who looks at Horus and Seth since the 1st dynasty Jones, no.1562
Mut-nesut
Mwt-nsw.t
sw mwt
t
Queen mother Title of the mother of a king, which she obtained after her son acceded to the throne since the 1st dynasty Roth, royal mothers
Mut-netjer
Mwt-no
R8 X1
r 		G14
Mother of God Title of a royal mother, which gave her the symbolic divinity of the king since the 6th dynasty Roth, royal mothers
Hemet-nisut
Ḥmt-nswt
M23 N41
X1
Royal wife The bearer was the wife of the reigning king since the 4th dynasty
Hemet-nisut-weret
Ḥmt-nswt-wrt
M23 N41
X1 		G36
D21
X1
Great King Wife since the 13th dynasty
Hemet-netjer-en-Amun
Ḥmt-nṯr-n-Jmn
R8 N41
X1 		N35 M17 Y5
N35
Consort of Amun Priestess title since the 18th dynasty
Hemet-netjer-Djehuti
Ḥmt-nṯr-Dḥwtj
G26 R8 Hm X1
Priestess of Thoth Priestess title especially in the Old Kingdom Jones, No. 2147
Henut-schemau-mehu
Ḥnwt-šmˁ.w-mḥ.w 		Mistress of Upper and Lower Egypt
Henut-taui-temu
Ḥnwt-t3wj-tmw
W10
t 		tA
tA 		t
tm 		w
Mistress of the two countries especially in the Middle and New Kingdom
Chetet-Hor
Ḫtt-Ḥr (.w)
G5 xt
t
Follower of Horus especially in the Old Kingdom
Chenmet-nefer-hedjet
ẖnm.t-nfr-ḥḏ.t
Xnm t nfr HDt t
That unites with the White Crown 12th to early 18th dynasty Troy, Queenship , 230
Sat-netjer
S3t-no
nTr zA
t
Daughter of god Queen Mother's Title especially in the Old Kingdom
Semeret-Hor
Smrt-Ḥr. (F)
G5 S29 U23 r
X1
Friend of horus especially in the Old Kingdom
Tiset-Hor
Tjs.t-Ḥr. (W)
G5 ti s t
Friend of horus especially in the Old Kingdom
Djed-chet-neb-iret-nes
Ḏd (t) -ḫt-nb-jr.tn.s
D & d x
t 		nb ir
n 		s
That says something that you then do for it Power title, the wearer was granted special privileges (e.g. extended authority) especially in the Old Kingdom Roth: King Mothers. Pp. 46-47.
title in hieroglyphics Translations Function / interpretation Occupancy period literature

literature

  • Rainer Hannig : Large Concise Dictionary Egyptian-German: (2800-950 BC) . von Zabern, Mainz 2006, ISBN 3-8053-1771-9 .
  • Dilwyn Jones: An Index of Ancient Egyptian Titles, Epithets and Phrases of the Old Kingdom. 2 volumes, Oxford 2000, ISBN 1-84171-069-5 . (Directory of titles from the Old Kingdom)
  • Silke Roth: The royal mothers of ancient Egypt from the early days to the end of the 12th dynasty . Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 2001, ISBN 3-447-04368-7 .
  • Lana Troy: Patterns of queenship: in ancient Egyptian myth and history (= Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis .; Boreas. Uppsala studies in ancient mediterranean and near Eastern civilizations. Both vol. 14). Almqvist & Wiksell, Uppsala / Stockholm 1986, ISBN 91-554-1919-4 .

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