Tentkheta

Tentkheta in hieroglyphs
Tentkheta in hieroglyphs
	Great Royal Wife of Pharaoh Amasis II

Tentkheta (Tanetkheta) was the Great Royal Wife of Amasis II. She dates to the Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt.²

Biography

Tentkheta was one of the wives known for Pharaoh Amasis II.³ She was a daughter of a priest of Ptah named Padineith. She was the mother of a King's son named Khnum-ib-Re¹ and the mother of Pharaoh Psamtik III.³ Tentkheta held the titles king's wife (hmt nswt) and overseer of the affairs of the acacia house (khrp seshmtiw shendjet).¹

References

Grajetzki, Ancient Egyptian Queens: A Hieroglyphic Dictionary, Golden House Publications, London, (2005), ISBN 978-0-9547218-9-3.
Tyldesley, Joyce. Chronicle of the Queens of Egypt. Thames & Hudson. (2006). ISBN 0-500-05145-3.
Dodson, Aidan and Hilton, Dyan. The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt. Thames & Hudson. 2004. ISBN 0-500-05128-3.

[WG-1] Grajetzki, Ancient Egyptian Queens: A Hieroglyphic Dictionary, Golden House Publications, London, (2005), ISBN 978-0-9547218-9-3.

[Tyldesley-2] Tyldesley, Joyce. Chronicle of the Queens of Egypt. Thames & Hudson. (2006). ISBN 0-500-05145-3.

[DH-3] Dodson, Aidan and Hilton, Dyan. The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt. Thames & Hudson. 2004. ISBN 0-500-05128-3.

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