Tiaa (princess)

Tiaa
in hieroglyphs

Tiaa was an Ancient Egyptian princess of the 18th dynasty. She was the daughter of Pharaoh Thutmose IV[1].

It is likely that she is the princess shown in the tomb of Sobekhotep (TT63). Canopic jars that probably belong to her were found in the Valley of the Queens.[2].

She died during the reign of her brother Amenhotep III. Her original burial place is not known.[3] Her mummy was reburied during the 21st dynasty in the Sheikh Abd el-Qurna cache, along with the mummies of several other royal princesses: Amenemopet and Petepihu, who were probably her sisters; Nebetia, her niece, and princesses Tatau, Henutiunu, Meritptah, Sithori and Wiay[4]. Her mummy label identifies her as King's Daughter of Menkheperure.[5] [6] The tomb was discovered in 1857.

Sources

  1. ^ Aidan Dodson & Dyan Hilton, The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt, Thames & Hudson (2004) ISBN 0-500-05128-3, p.140
  2. ^ Dodson & Hilton, p.140
  3. ^ Joann Fletcher: Egypt’s Sun King – Amenhotep III (Duncan Baird Publishers, London, 2000) ISBN 1-900131-09-9, p.144
  4. ^ Dodson & Hilton, p.135
  5. ^ Aidan Dodson and Jac. J. Janssen, A Theban Tomb and Its Tenants, The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, Vol. 75 (1989), pp. 125-138
  6. ^ Fletcher, p.145