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Tentkheta

Great Royal Wife of Amasis II.

Field	Value
title	Tentkheta
name	U33-n:t-Aa1:t-U30:N25
name transcription	Tɜ-nt-ḫtɜ
name explanation	She from the land of the Hittites
remarks

Tentkheta (Tanetkheta) was the Great Royal Wife of Amasis II. She dates to the Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt.

Biography

Tentkheta was one of the wives known for Pharaoh Amasis II. She was a daughter of a priest of Ptah named Padineith. She was the mother of a King's son named Khnum-ib-Re and the mother of Pharaoh Psamtik III. Tentkheta held the titles king's wife (hmt nswt) and overseer of the affairs of the acacia house (khrp seshmtiw shendjet).

References

[[Joyce Tyldesley. Tyldesley, Joyce]]. ''Chronicle of the Queens of Egypt''. Thames & Hudson. (2006). {{ISBN. 0-500-05145-3.
[[Aidan Dodson. Dodson, Aidan]] and Hilton, Dyan. ''The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt''. Thames & Hudson. 2004. {{ISBN. 0-500-05128-3.
[[Wolfram Grajetzki. Grajetzki]], ''Ancient Egyptian Queens: A Hieroglyphic Dictionary'', Golden House Publications, London, (2005), {{ISBN. 978-0-9547218-9-3.

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