Iset (priestess)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Iset
God's Wife of Amun
Full name	Iset
Titles	Divine Adoratrice of Amun
Place of death	Thebes?
Dynasty	20th Dynasty of Egypt
Father	Ramesses VI
Mother	Nubkhesbed

dw3.t nṯr 3s.t
in hieroglyphs

Iset (Aset, Isis) was an ancient Egyptian princess and God's Wife of Amun during the 20th dynasty.

Iset was the daughter of Pharaoh Ramesses VI and his Great Royal Wife Nubkhesbed, and a sister to Pharaoh Ramesses VII.^[1]

She was the first to hold the revived titles of God's Wife of Amun and Divine Adoratrice, both of which had been of great importance during the early 18th dynasty but fell into disuse later. From her time on, the position of God's Wife became more and more influential, reaching the peak of its power during the Third Intermediate Period. Iset was probably the first God's Wife of Amun to live in celibacy (the previous holders of the title were queens, usually Great Royal Wives).

She is depicted on a stela in Coptos (today in the Manchester Museum). Her installation as God's Wife is shown on a block from Dira Abu’l Naga. Her name is written in a cartouche along with the title Divine Adoratrix.

Sources

↑ Aidan Dodson & Dyan Hilton, The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt, Thames & Hudson (2004) ISBN 0-500-05128-3, p.192

Persondata
Name	Iset
Alternative names
Short description	Ancient Egyptian princess
Date of birth
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death	Thebes?

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike; additional terms may apply for the media files.