Henuttawy_(priestess)

Henuttawy (priestess)

Henuttawy (priestess)

God's Wife of Amun

For other Egyptian ladies called Henuttawy, see Henuttawy.

Henuttawy D was an ancient Egyptian high priestess, a God's Wife of Amun, during the 21st Dynasty.[1]

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Her father was Pinedjem II, High Priest of Amun, her mother was Isetemkheb D, Singer of Amun. Both her parents were children of the high priest Menkheperre who was brother to Maatkare Mutemhat, the God's Wife preceding Henuttawy.[2]

Henuttawy is known only from a few ushabtis.[1] She was followed as God's Wife by Karomama Meritmut.

References

  1. [1]
    Dodson, Aidan; Hilton, Dyan (2004). The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt. London: Thames & Hudson. ISBN 0-500-05128-3., p.205
  2. [2]
    Dodson & Hilton, op. cit., pp. 200-201
Preceded by God's Wife of Amun
21st Dynasty		 Succeeded by
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