Sitdjehuti
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Sitdjehuti in hieroglyphs |
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Sitdjehuti (or Satdjehuti; “Daughter of Thot”) was a princess and queen of the late seventeenth dynasty of Egypt. She was a daughter of Pharaoh Tao I the Elder and was sister to Pharaoh Tao II the Brave, and queens Ahhotep and Ahmose Inhapy. She was married to her (half-)brother and bore him a daughter, Ahmose.
Her mummy was discovered around 1820, along with its coffin, golden mask, a heart scarab and linens donated by her niece Queen Ahmose-Nefertari. Her coffin lid is now in Munnich, her mummy mask is in the British Museum.
Sitdjehuti's titles: King's Wife; King's Sister; King's Daughter.
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- Aidan Dodson & Dyan Hilton, The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt, Thames & Hudson (2004) ISBN 0-500-05128-3, pp.124,129
- Mummy mask of Sitdjehuti