Iputus I - the ancient Egyptian queen, the daughter of the pharaoh Unis , the last ruler of the V dynasty . She married Aunt , the first pharaoh of the VI dynasty . Their son was Pharaoh Piopi I [2] .
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Life
Iput was the daughter of the pharaoh of Unis , the last ruler of the V dynasty . Her mother was Nebet or Henut . Iputus became the wife of Aunt , the first pharaoh from the VI dynasty . Their son was Pharaoh Piopi I. Iputus is depicted with him on a stele from Koptos [2] . The remains of the skeleton Iput were found in her pyramid, they led to the conclusion that the woman died in middle age [3] .
The other son of Iput was Nebkaukhor [4] . The daughters of Iput were called Shesheshet Vaathetkhor , Shesheshet Go , Shesheshet Nubhetnebti and Shesheshet Sathor [5] .
Titles Iput I
Iput had a number of titles [3] , as the daughter of the pharaoh she was called: Daughter of the king of Upper and Lower Egypt ( s3t-niswt-biti ), Daughter of the king of his flesh ( s3t-niswt-nt-kht.f ), Divine daughter ( s3t-ntr ) and That divine daughter ( s3t-ntr-wt ).
The next group of Iput titles was related to her position as the wife of the pharaoh: Tsar’s wife, his lover ( hmt-nisw meryt.f ), Sputnik Horus ( smrt-hrw ), the Majestic and the only with scepter hethes ( wrt-hetes ) , the one who sees Horus and Seth ( m33t-hrw-stsh ) and Praised ( wrt-hzwt ) [3] .
After her son Piopi I ascended the throne, Iput came to be called: Mother of the king ( mwt-niswt ), Mother of the king of Upper and Lower Egypt ( mwt-niswt-biti ) and Mother of the king of the pyramid Mennefer-Piopi ( mwt-niswt-mn -nfr-ppy ) [3] .
Tomb
Iput was buried in Saqqara , in the pyramid next to the aunt's pyramid. The pyramids of Iput and Queen Huit were discovered between July 1897 and February 1899 by Victor Lore [6] .
The burial chamber contained a limestone sarcophagus and a cedar coffin. The remains of a middle-aged woman were found. Some of her funerary accessories survived, including canopies , a headrest and a gold bracelet on Iput's hand [7] . Her remains were deposited in the Cairo Egyptian Museum . The cell also contained several vessels, including polished red ceramics and a rock crystal bowl, and tools. Some of the vessels were originally plated with gold [3] .
Notes
- ↑ Tyldesley, Joyce. Chronicle of the Queens of Egypt. Thames & Hudson. 2006. ISBN 0-500-05145-3
- ↑ 1 2 Dodson, Aidan and Hilton, Dyan. The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt. Thames & Hudson. 2004. ISBN 0-500-05128-3
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 Grajetzki, Ancient Egyptian Queens: A Hieroglyphic Dictionary, Golden House Publications, London, 2005, ISBN 978-0-9547218-9-3
- ↑ N. Kanawati, Mereruka and King Teti. The Power behind the Throne, 2007, p. 14 et 50
- ↑ N. Kanawati, Mereruka and King Teti. The Power behind the Throne, 2007, p. 21-22 et 50
- ↑ Lauer, Jean Phillipe. Saqqara: The Royal Cemetery of Memphis, Excavations and Discoveries since 1850. Charles Scribner's Sons. 1976. ISBN 0-684-14551-0
- ↑ Verner, Miroslav. The Pyramids: The Mystery, Culture, and Science of Egypt's Great Monuments. Grove Press. 2001 (1997). ISBN 0-8021-3935-3