Arty (queen) explained

Arty
Queen consort of Nubia and Egypt
Royal Wife
Place Of Burial:Ku. 6 in El-Kurru
Dynasty:25th Dynasty of Egypt
Father:King Piye

Arty was a Nubian King's wife dated to the Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt.[1]

Arty was a daughter of King Piye and was the wife of Shebitku. She is known from Cairo Statue 49157 from Karnak. Her name is mentioned on the base of a statue of Haremakhet.[2]

She was buried in the necropolis at El-Kurru, in tomb Ku.6.[1]

References

  1. Aidan Dodson & Dyan Hilton: The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt. Thames & Hudson, 2004,, p.236-238
  2. Dows Dunham and M. F. Laming Macadam, Names and Relationships of the Royal Family of Napata, The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, Vol. 35 (Dec., 1949), pp. 142