Tentkheta Explained

Tentkheta
U33-n:t-Aa1:t-U30:N25
Name Transcription:	Tɜ-nt-ḫtɜ
Name Explanation:	She from the land of the Hittites

Tentkheta (Tanetkheta) was the Great Royal Wife of Amasis II. She dates to the Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt.^[1]

Biography

Tentkheta was one of the wives known for Pharaoh Amasis II.^[2] She was a daughter of a priest of Ptah named Padineith. She was the mother of a King's son named Khnum-ib-Re^[3] and the mother of Pharaoh Psamtik III.^[2] Tentkheta held the titles king's wife (hmt nswt) and overseer of the affairs of the acacia house (khrp seshmtiw shendjet).^[3]

References

1. Tyldesley, Joyce. Chronicle of the Queens of Egypt. Thames & Hudson. 2006.
2. Dodson, Aidan and Hilton, Dyan. The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt. Thames & Hudson. 2004.
3. Grajetzki, Ancient Egyptian Queens: A Hieroglyphic Dictionary, Golden House Publications, London, 2005,