Mutemuya ( Mwt m wiA ) is the second wife of Pharaoh Thutmose IV and mother of Amenhotep III of the XVIII dynasty .
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 Mutemuya and her son Amenhotep III | ||||||||||||
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| Predecessor | Yareth | |||||||||||
| Successor | Tia | |||||||||||
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| Spouse | Thutmose IV | |||||||||||
| Children | Amenhotep III | |||||||||||
The name Mutemuya means " Mut in a sacred boat."
Biography
Mutemuyah is not mentioned in the rule of his spouse, staying in the shadow of the other spouses of the pharaoh - Nefertari and Yaret . The image of Mutemuy appears on the monument to her son Amenhotep III [1] . The origin of the queen is foggy, but there is no evidence to suggest that the queen was the daughter of the Mitannian ruler Artatam I [2] . Cyril Aldrid considered Mutemuyya the sister of Yui [3] .
From different wives, Thutmose IV had several children. After the death of the eldest son of Amenemhet, the pharaoh publicly declared the heir of Amenhotep . When the pharaoh father died, Mutemuya became regent with her teenage son. In a fresco at the Luxor Museum, a mother stands behind her son’s throne and holds him by the shoulders.
Along with her sister-in-law, Tia, the queen is depicted on the colossi of Memnon next to Amenhotep III [1] [4] .
The time and place of Mutemuyah’s repose is not known. She lived for a long time and died during the reign of her son [4] .
Titles
The queen wore the following titles [5] :
- God’s wife (Hm.t-nTr) ,
- Mistress of the Two Lands (nb.t-tAwy) ,
- The great beloved wife of Pharaoh (Hm.t-nsw-wr.t mry.t = f) ,
- Noble Lady, Madam (rt-pa.t) ,
- Praised (wr.t-Hsw.t) ,
- Beloved (bnr.t-mrw.t) ,
- Mistress of Upper and Lower Egypt (Hnw.t-rsy-mHw) ,
- Mother of God (mwt-nTr)
The queen received many titles and honors with the ascension of her son to the throne [6] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Aidan Dodson, Dyan Hilton. The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt. - Thames & Hudson, 2004 .-- S. 132-141.
- ↑ Betsy Bryan. The Reign of Thutmose IV. - Johns Hopkins University Press, 1991 .-- S. 119.
- ↑ Aldred, Cyril. Akhenaten: King of Egypt. - Thames and Hudson, 1991 .-- ISBN 0-500-27621-8 .
- ↑ 1 2 O'Connor, David and Cline, Eric H. Amenhotep III: Perspectives on His Reign. - University of Michigan Press, 2001. - ISBN 978-0-472-08833-1 .
- ↑ Grajetzki. Ancient Egyptian Queens: A Hieroglyphic Dictionary. - London: Golden House Publications, 2005 .-- ISBN 978-0-9547218-9-3 .
- ↑ Tyldesley, Joyce A. Chronicle of the queens of Egypt: from early dynastic times to the death of Cleopatra . - New York, NY: Thames & Hudson, 2006 .-- S. 114 .-- 224 p. - ISBN 0-500-05145-3 .