Maatkare B

Maatkare B
Queen consort of Egypt
Consort to Pharaoh Osorkon I
Offspring Pharaoh Sheshonk II
Dynasty 22nd of Egypt
Father Psusennes II
Maatkare[1]
in hieroglyphs

Maatkare B was a wife of Pharaoh Osorkon I and the mother of Pharaoh Sheshonk II. Maatkare was the daughter of Psusennes II (also known as Pasebkhanut II).[2]

Maatkare is known from several sources. A statue of the Nile-god - now in the British Museum (BM 8) - was dedicated by the High Priest of Amun Shoshenk, and he lists his parents as Osorkon I and Maatkare. Maatkare is called the King's Daughter of ... Har-Psusennes II, beloved of Amun. On a statue from the Karnak Cachette, also dedicated by her son Shoshenk, Maatkare has the titles Prophetess of Hathor, Lady of Dendera, God's Mother of Harsomtus, and King's Daughter.[3]

A Karnak inscription on the seventh pylon names a woman called Maatkare, King's Daughter of Psusennes Beloved of Amun, and this is usually though to refer to Maatkare B.[3]

References

  1. ^ Tyldesley, Joyce. Chronicle of the Queens of Egypt. Thames & Hudson. 2006. ISBN 0-500-05145-3
  2. ^ Dodson, Aidan and Hilton, Dyan. The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt. Thames & Hudson. 2004. ISBN 0-500-05128-3
  3. ^ a b Kitchen, Kenneth A. The Third Intermediate Period in Egypt, 1100-650 B.C. (Book & Supplement) Aris & Phillips. 1986 ISBN 978-0856682988