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Khenut






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Khenut in hieroglyphs
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Khenut
Wife of King Unas

Khenut was the QueenofEgypt, the wife of King Unas. She lived during the time of the Fifth Dynasty of Egypt. She was a suspected mother of Queen Iput.

Burial[edit]

Khenut was buried in a double mastaba with another queen named Nebet next to the Pyramid of UnasinSaqqara.[2] The mastaba was excavated by Peter Munro.[3]

The pyramid of the Queen mother Sesheshet lies near the pyramid which belong to Khenut.

Titles[edit]

Khenut’s titles are: "Great One of the hetes-sceptre" (wrt-hetes), "She who sees Horus and Set" (mȝȝt-ḥrw-stẖ), "Great of Praises" (wrt-ḥzwt),『King’s Wife, his beloved』(ḥmt-nisw mryt.f), "Companion of Horus, his beloved" (smrt-ḥrw-mryt.f), "Consort and Beloved of the Two Ladies" (smȝyt-mry-nbty), and "Companion of Horus" (tist-ḥrw). Khenut may have been mentioned in the mortuary templeofUnas. Her tomb, unlike that of Queen Nebet, has suffered extensive damage.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Joyce Tyldesley. Chronicle of the Queens of Egypt. Thames & Hudson. 2006. p. 52. ISBN 0-500-05145-3
  • ^ Dodson, Aidan and Hilton, Dyan. The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt. Thames & Hudson. 2004. ISBN 0-500-05128-3
  • ^ Peter Munro, Der Unas-Friedhof Nord-West, Bd.1, Topographisch-historische Einleitung; Das Doppelgrabe der Königinnen Nebet und Khenut. Mainz 1993
  • ^ Wolfram Grajetzki, Ancient Egyptian Queens: A Hieroglyphic Dictionary, Golden House Publications, London, 2005, ISBN 978-0-9547218-9-3

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