Ipu (nurse)

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Ipu was a royal nurse during the 18th Dynasty of ancient Egypt. She was the mother of Queen Satiah, Great Royal Wife of Pharaoh Thutmose III. [1]

She is mentioned on an offering table of Satiah's, found in Abydos, now in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. She is named Nurse of the God. [2]

She may be identical with Ipu, the wife of Ahmose Pennekhbet. [3]

Sources

  1. Aidan Dodson & Dyan Hilton, The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt, (London: Thames & Hudson, 2004) ISBN   0-500-05128-3, p.138,140
  2. Dodson & Hilton, p.138
  3. "Anneke Bart: The New Kingdom Tombs of El Kab / Nekhen". Archived from the original on 2007-10-12. Retrieved 2009-08-29.


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