Wenschet

Wenschet in hieroglyphics
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Wenschet is the name of an ancient Egyptian princess and priestess of the 4th dynasty .

identity

It is unclear whose daughter Wenschet was. Since her grandson Kaaper , of whom an almost life-size statue made of sycamore wood has been preserved, can with some certainty be dated to the end of the 4th dynasty or the beginning of the 5th dynasty , it is assumed that Wenschet himself was around the second half of the 4th dynasty lived. Her husband is also unknown. On their false doors but their sons are Kameni and Ijmeri , and their daughters Meritites I. , Wehemnofret , Nisu and Tjenteti received. Kaaper is also shown.

Wenschet had high-ranking titles such as "the king's physical daughter" ( Sat-nesut-en-chetef ), "whose mistress" ( Meri-ef ), "mistress of the sycamore " ( Nebet-nehet ), " prophetess of the goddess Hathor " ( Hem -netjer -Hatheru ) and "prophetess of the goddess Neith " ( Hem-netjer-Neith ).

dig

Wenschet was as in the G 4840 designated mastabah in the cemetery of Giza buried. Her grave was discovered on February 12, 1914 by George Reisner during his excavation campaign . The false door of Princess Wenschet belongs to this grave , today in the Roemer- und Pelizaeus-Museum Hildesheim (inventory no. 2971).

literature

Michel Baud : Famille royale et pouvoir sous l'Ancien Empire égyptien. Tome 2 (= Bibliothèque d'Étude. Volume 126/2). Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale, Cairo 1999, ISBN 2-7247-0250-6 , pp. 437-438 ( PDF; 16.7 MB ).
Peter Der Manuelian : Slab Stelae of the Giza Necropolis (= Publications of the Pennsylvania-Yale Expedition to Egypt. Volume 7). Peabody Museum of Natural History of Yale University. New Haven / Philadelphia 2003, ISBN 0974002518 , pp. 104-107 ( PDF; 57.5 MB ).
Erika Feucht : The Child in Ancient Egypt. The position of the child in the family and society according to ancient Egyptian texts and representations . Campus, Berlin 1995, ISBN 359335277X , p. 454.
George Andrew Reisner : A History of the Giza Necropolis. Volume 1. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass. 1942, p. 500 ( PDF; 249.8 MB ).

Individual evidence

^ After Hermann Ranke : The Egyptian personal names . Vol. 1, Augustin, Glückstadt 1935, p. 80, No. 5. ( online as a PDF file ).

personal data
SURNAME	Wenschet
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	ancient egyptian princess
DATE OF BIRTH	27th century BC BC or 26th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	27th century BC BC or 26th century BC Chr.

[1] After Hermann Ranke : The Egyptian personal names . Vol. 1, Augustin, Glückstadt 1935, p. 80, No. 5. ( online as a PDF file ).