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Ahmose-Sitamun
God's Wife
King's Daughter
King's Sister
Sitamun (far left) on a stele from Karnak
Burial
Egyptian name
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G39t
Dynasty18th Dynasty
FatherAhmose I
MotherAhmose-Nefertari

Ahmose-Sitamun or just Sitamun was a princess of the early Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt.

Etymology

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Her name Ahmose-Sitamun (sꜣt-jmn; Sat-Amun/Satamun) means "Child of the Moon, Daughter of Amun".

Biography

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Sitamun[1] was the daughter of Pharaoh Ahmose I and sister of Amenhotep I. Her titles were: King's Daughter (sꜣt-nsw); King's Sister (snt-nsw); God's Wife (ḥmt-nṯr) Her name was written in cartouche.

By Year 18 of Ahmose I (1570-1546 BC high chronology), her title string included King's Daughter and God's Wife. When her brother Amenhotep I (1545-1526 BC high chronology) became king, the title King's Sister was added to her title string.

Attestations

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Barracco 16

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A stela belonging to a subordinate of King's Daughter Satamun.[2]

Hannover 1935.200.209

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A limestone stela dating to Year 18 of Ahmose I where she is King's Daughter and God's Wife.[3]

Benson, Gourlay, Temple, 297-299 (IV), pl. XI (1)

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At Karnak, a limestone statue stood before the eighth pylon at Karnak.[4] On this mounument she holds the titles King's Daughter, King's Sister and God's Wife. The title King's Sister should date this monument to the reign of her brother, Amenhotep I.

Death

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The Tomb of Sitamun has not been identified. Her mummy was found in a secondary context.

Coffin of Sitamun

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The Coffin of Sitamun has a length of 1.28 m.[5]

Mummy, Cairo CG 61060

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The Mummy of Sitamun was identified by inscriptions on her wrapping and was found in the Deir el-Bahari cache (DB320) and is today in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo.[6] Maspero apparently misidentified this mature woman as a child, because her skull and some bones were found in a child's coffin.[7][8]

References

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  1. ^ "Person sꜣt-NSW Sꜣt-JMN (Ahmose) | Persons and Names of the Middle Kingdom".
  2. ^ "Barracco 16 | Persons and Names of the Middle Kingdom".
  3. ^ "Hannover 1935.200.209 | Persons and Names of the Middle Kingdom".
  4. ^ "Benson, Gourlay, Temple, 297-299 (IV), pl. XI (1) | Persons and Names of the Middle Kingdom".
  5. ^ "Sitamun".
  6. ^ "Ancient Egypt - Cache DB320 at Deir el Bahari".
  7. ^ Michael E. Habicht () The Complete Royal Mummies of Ancient Egypt: Part 3: Royal Funerals
  8. ^ Constantin Emil Sander-Hansen: The God's Wife of Amun. København 1940, p. 6.

Sources

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  • Aidan Dodson & Dyan Hilton: The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt, Thames & Hudson, 2004, ISBN 0-500-05128-3, p. 129