Ahmose-Sitamun

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Ahmose-Sitamun
God's Wife
King's Daughter
King's Sister
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Sitamun (far left) on a stele from Karnak
Burial
Egyptian name
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Dynasty 18th Dynasty
Father Ahmose I
Mother Ahmose-Nefertari

Ahmose-Sitamun or just Sitamun was a princess of the early Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt.

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Etymology

Her name Ahmose-Sitamun (sꜣt-jmn; Sat-Amun/Satamun) means "Child of the Moon, Daughter of Amun".

Biography

Sitamun [1] was the daughter of Pharaoh Ahmose I and sister of Amenhotep I. Her titles were: King's Daughter (sꜣt-nsw); King's Sister (snt-nsw); God's Wife (ḥmt-nṯr) Her name was written in cartouche.

By Year 18 of Ahmose I (1570-1546 BC high chronology), her title string included King's Daughter and God's Wife. When her brother Amenhotep I (1545-1526 BC high chronology) became king, the title King's Sister was added to her title string.

Attestations

Barracco 16

A stela belonging to a subordinate of King's Daughter Satamun. [2]

Hannover 1935.200.209

A limestone stela dating to Year 18 of Ahmose I where she is King's Daughter and God's Wife. [3]

Benson, Gourlay, Temple, 297-299 (IV), pl. XI (1)

At Karnak, a limestone statue stood before the eighth pylon at Karnak. [4] On this mounument she holds the titles King's Daughter, King's Sister and God's Wife. The title King's Sister should date this monument to the reign of her brother, Amenhotep I.

Death

The Tomb of Sitamun has not been identified. Her mummy was found in a secondary context.

Coffin of Sitamun

The Coffin of Sitamun has a length of 1.28 m. [5]

Mummy, Cairo CG 61060

The Mummy of Sitamun was identified by inscriptions on her wrapping and was found in the Deir el-Bahari cache (DB320) and is today in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo. [6] Maspero apparently misidentified this mature woman as a child, because her skull and some bones were found in a child's coffin. [7] [8]

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References

  1. "Person sꜣt-NSW Sꜣt-JMN (Ahmose) | Persons and Names of the Middle Kingdom".
  2. "Barracco 16 | Persons and Names of the Middle Kingdom".
  3. "Hannover 1935.200.209 | Persons and Names of the Middle Kingdom".
  4. "Benson, Gourlay, Temple, 297-299 (IV), pl. XI (1) | Persons and Names of the Middle Kingdom".
  5. "Sitamun".
  6. "Ancient Egypt - Cache DB320 at Deir el Bahari".
  7. Michael E. Habicht () The Complete Royal Mummies of Ancient Egypt: Part 3: Royal Funerals
  8. Constantin Emil Sander-Hansen: The God's Wife of Amun. København 1940, p. 6.

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