Tetisherry ( Egypt. Ttj šrj - Younger Aunts ) - the ancient Egyptian queen mother during the late XVII dynasty and the beginning of the XVIII dynasty .
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 Stele with the image of Tetisherry. British museum | |||||
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| Burial place | Deir al-bahri | ||||
| Kind | XVII Dynasty - XVIII Dynasty | ||||
| Spouse | Taa I | ||||
| Children | Taa II , daughter of Yahhotep | ||||
| Activities | was one of the leaders of the Theban national liberation movement from the Hyksos | ||||
| Religion | Ancient egyptian religion | ||||
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Origin
Grandmother Tetisherry is a common woman of small stature, with protruding teeth. This distinguishing feature is characteristic of all its descendants. Tetisherry bore the title of " great royal wife ." Her son Taa II and daughter Yakhhotep became the parents of the first ruler of this dynasty, Yakhmos I.
The grandson ordered to put a stele in Abydos, on it the inscription reads:
Mother of my mother, mother of my father
Tetisherry sits in a magnificent pose with a lily in his hand. The grandson also erected a pyramid for his grandmother with a garden and a lake, but she was buried in Thebes in a family crypt. Her mummy is found in the cache of Deir al-Bahri . Wife of Taa I the Elder , mother of Taa II Sekenenra and grandmother of Kamos and Ahmos I. Tetisherry was one of the leaders of the Theban national liberation movement and was actively involved in the expulsion of the Hyksos from Egypt.
Cultural Influence
Tetisherry is one of the main characters in the novel by Naguib Mahfouz “Thebes in Thebes” and the trilogy of Christian Jacques “Wrath of the Gods”, which tell about the liberation of Egypt from the Hyksos .
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Literature
- Joan Fletcher Finding Nefertiti. - M .: AST: AST MOSCOW: KEEPER, 2008 .-- 413 p. - 2500 copies. - ISBN 978-5-9762-5421-3 .