| Baketwerel | |
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| Royal Wife Queen consort of Egypt | |
| Spouse | Seti I (?) |
| Dynasty | 19th Dynasty |
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| Baketwernel inhieroglyphs | ||||||
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| Era:New Kingdom (1550–1069 BC) | ||||||
Baketwernel was anancient Egyptian queen during the19th Dynasty. She is believed to have been the wife ofSeti I and was possibly buried in the Valley of the Queens.
Baketwernel appears inPapyrus Mayer A from the reign ofRamesses XI. The document records her as "King’s Wife Baketwernel of King Menmaatre." Although the reigning pharaoh, Ramesses XI, also bore the throne name Menmaatre (Menmaatre-Setepenptah), in officialancient Egyptian documents, the mention of a king’s name—apart in a dateline—typically implies that the king in question was already deceased. Elsewhere in the papyrus, Ramesses XI is referred to as "lord," and the opening text of the document clearly establishes that Menmaatre refers specifically toSeti I.[1][2][3]
She was possibly buried in theValley of the Queens. Her tomb was looted during the reign of Ramesses XI in the Twentieth Dynasty, and there are currently no further records concerning her.[1][2]
