| Sitdjehuti | |
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| Queen consort ofEgypt | |
 Fragment of Sitdjehuti's coffin | |
| Spouse | Seqenenre Tao |
| Issue | Ahmose |
| Dynasty | 17th of Egypt |
| Father | Senakhtenre? |
| Mother | Tetisheri |
| Religion | Ancient Egyptian religion |
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Satdjehuti/Satibu Sꜣt Ḏḥwty Daughter ofThoth | ||||||||||||
Sitdjehuti/Satibu (died 1550/1500 BC, alsoSatdjehuti; "Daughter ofThoth") was a princess and queen of the lateSeventeenth Dynasty of Egypt. She was a daughter of PharaohSenakhtenre Ahmose and QueenTetisheri. She was the wife of her brotherSeqenenre Tao and was the mother of PrincessAhmose.
On her sarcophagus, she is stated to be the daughter ofTetisheri. Her other name is given asSatibu.[1]
It is assumed that Sitdjehuti was a daughter of PharaohSenakhtenre Ahmose and a sister to PharaohSeqenenre Tao and the queensAhhotep andAhmose Inhapy. She was married to her (half-)brother Seqenenre Tao and bore him a daughter,Ahmose.[2]
Sitdjehuti's titles includeKing's Wife,King's Sister, andKing's Daughter.
King's Wife. She is mentioned on the mummy shroud of her daughter Ahmose, which was found in theValley of the Queens (QV47). Ahmose is called the King's Daughter and Queen's Sister. This states that Ahmose was the daughter of King Seqenenre Tao and Sitdjehuti.[3]
King's Daughter. Her mother appear on her coffin as Tetisheri, indicating that her father may have been Senakhtenre Ahmose. If so, she named her daughter after her father, princess Ahmose. It would also make her the sister of Ahhotep.
King's Sister. It is not confirmed who her king-brother was. Presumably it was her husband Seqenenre.
Sitdjehuty died during the reign of Amenhotep I (1545-1526BC, high chronology) or Thutmose I (1526-1513 BC, high chronology). As indicated by her linen, Ahmose-Nefertari donated the cloth for her burial. At that time Ahmose-Nefertari held the title King's Mother, referring toAmenhotep I. The style of her burial is early D18, and some features became common withThutmose I onwards. She most likely died during the reign of Amenhotep I. She must have been a woman of relatively old age, having outlived Ahmose I and possibly Amenhotep I.
Sitdjehuti's mummy was discovered around 1820, along with its coffin, golden mask, a heart scarab, and linens donated by her niece Queen Ahmose-Nefertari.
The linen is inscribed with the text:
The coffin lid is now held at theStaatliche Sammlung für Ägyptische Kunst,Munich, while the mummy mask is located in theBritish Museum (EA 29770).[5]
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