Setepenra

Setepenra was born between about 9 ^[2] and 11 years of the reign of her father, Pharaoh Akhenaten , in the city of Amarna ^[3] . She had five older sisters: Meritaton , Maketaton , Ankhesenamon , Nefernefruaton-tasherit and Nefernefrura ^[4] .

One of Setepenra's earliest depictions is a fresco from the royal palace in Amarna. She is shown sitting on the lap of her mother Nefertiti . The fresco was badly damaged, and only the image of Setepenra's small hand was preserved. The mural dates from around 9 of the year of Akhnaton’s reign, and the whole family was depicted on it ^{[2] [3]} .

Setepenra is also depicted in a scene in the courtyard on one of the walls of the tomb of the caretaker of the royal court in Amarna Merir II . Akhenaten and Nefertiti are shown seated and receiving tribute from foreign lands. The daughters of the royal couple are shown behind their parents. Setepenra is the last daughter in lowercase. She stands right behind her sister Nefernefrura , holding a gazelle in her right hand. Setepenra, however, with her left hand strokes the face of the animal ^[5] .

On the wall C of chamber α, Akhenaten’s tomb lists the names of five princesses without mentioning Setepenra, while Nefernefrura is plastered. This probably means that Setepenra died before Nefernefrura, and it is likely that she died from an epidemic ^[6] on the 13th or 14th year of her father's reign, before she could reach the age of six. Setepenra is also absent on the wall of Camera B, where her parents and three older sisters are shown: Meritaton , Ankhesenamon and Nefernefruaton-Tasherite , mourning the dead second princess Makeaton ^[2] . Most likely, Setepenra became the first deceased daughter of Akhenaten and Nefertiti. At the time of her death, apparently, the tomb of Akhenaton was not yet ready for burial. Perhaps, the body of Setepenra was subsequently transferred to the chamber α of the tomb of Akhenaton ^[4] .