Arty (Queen)

Arty
Queen consort of Nubia and Egypt
Royal Wife
Burial Ku. 6 in El-Kurru
Spouse Pharaoh Shebitku
Full name
Arty
Dynasty 25th Dynasty of Egypt
Father King Piye
r
Z1		 V13iiB1
[1]
Arty
in hieroglyphs

Arty was a Nubian King's Wife dated to the Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt.[2]

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.[1]

She was buried in the necropolis at El-Kurru, in tomb Ku.6.[2]

References

  1. 1 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
  2. 1 2 Aidan Dodson & Dyan Hilton: The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt. Thames & Hudson, 2004, ISBN 0-500-05128-3, p.236-238



This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.