Tawerettenru

Tawerettenru

Tawerettenru

Queen consort of Egypt

Tawerettenru was an ancient Egyptian queen of the Twentieth Dynasty; the Royal Wife of Ramesses V.[1]

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Tawerettenru's estate is mentioned in the Wilbour Papyrus, a document dated to the reign of Ramesses V. Based on this document, Tawerettenru is thought to be a wife of this King, but it is possible she dates to an earlier period.

Grajetzki gives the hieroglyphs as transcribed from hieratic as follows:

M23t
n		 G7N41
t N33		 G7Z5Z5Z5Z5Z5Z5Z5Z5t&A G36
r		 t
Y1		 U33n
Z2		 rV1G7

[2]

Sources

  1. [1]
    Dodson, Aidan; Hilton, Dyan (2004). The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt. London: Thames & Hudson. ISBN 0-500-05128-3., pp.193
  2. [2]
    Grajetski Ancient Egyptian Queens: a hieroglyphic dictionary Golden House Publications


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