Tjan

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Tjan in hieroglyphics
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Tjan was the wife of the ancient Egyptian king Sobekhotep IV (around 1700 BC) from the 13th dynasty . She is known only from a few objects and was entitled " King Wife ". On the fragments of a chest she is referred to as the mother of Prince Amenhotep, and the name of her royal husband appears there. Her daughter Nebetiunet , who is said to have been born of Tjan , appears on a vase . It is also called on a pearl. There is a scarab with her name in the Louvre. Other children of King Sobekhotep IV are known. It is uncertain whether Tjan was their mother or whether there was another queen who has not yet been identified.

literature

  • Kim Ryholt : The Political Situation in Egypt during the Second Intermediate Period. The Carsten Niebuhr Institute of Near Eastern studies, Copenhagen 1997, ISBN 87-7289-421-0 , p. 353.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ PE Newberry: Extract of my Notebooks V. In: Proceedings of the Society of Biblical Archeology. Volume 25, 1903, p. 358 (49).
  2. ^ PE Newberry: Extract of my Notebooks VII. In: Proceedings of the Society of Biblical Archeology. Volume 27, 1905, pp. 101-102.
  3. ^ CA Andrews: Catalog of Egyptian Antiquities in the British Museum. Volume VI: Jewelery. Part I, London 1981, p. 80, plate 42 (570).
  4. ↑ Julien Siesse: An unpublished Scarab of Queen Tjan (Thirteenth Dynasty) from the Louvre Museum (AF 6755). In: Gianluca Miniaci, Wolfram Grajetzki (eds.): The World of Middle Kingdom Egypt (2000-1550 BC), Vol. Ii. Golden House Publications, London 2016, ISBN 978-1-906137-48-9 , pp. 242-248.
personal data
SURNAME Tjan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Wife of Pharaoh Sobekhotep IV.
DATE OF BIRTH 19th century BC BC or 18th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 19th century BC BC or 18th century BC Chr.