Khenut

Khenutwas thequeen consortofEgyptas the wife ofKing Unas.She lived during the time of theFifth Dynasty of Egypt.She was a suspected mother of QueenIput.

Burial

Khenut was buried in adouble mastabawith another queen namedNebetnext to thePyramid of UnasinSaqqara.^[2]The mastaba was excavated by Peter Munro.^[3]

The pyramid of the Queen motherSesheshetlies near the pyramid which belong to Khenut.

Titles

Khenut’s titles are: "Great One of thehetes-sceptre"(wrt-hetes), "She who seesHorusandSet"(mȝȝt-ḥrw-stẖ), "Great of Praises" (wrt-ḥzwt), "King’s Wife, his beloved" (ḥmt-nisw mryt.f), "Companion of Horus, his beloved" (smrt-ḥrw-mryt.f), "Consort and Beloved of theTwo Ladies"(smȝyt-mry-nbty), and "Companion of Horus" (tist-ḥrw). Khenut may have been mentioned in the mortuarytempleofUnas.Her tomb, unlike that of Queen Nebet, has suffered extensive damage.^[4]

References

^Joyce Tyldesley.Chronicle of the Queens of Egypt.Thames & Hudson. 2006. p. 52.ISBN 0-500-05145-3
^Dodson, Aidan and Hilton, Dyan.The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt.Thames & Hudson. 2004.ISBN 0-500-05128-3
^Peter Munro,Der Unas-Friedhof Nord-West, Bd.1, Topographisch-historische Einleitung; Das Doppelgrabe der Königinnen Nebet und Khenut.Mainz 1993
^Wolfram Grajetzki,Ancient Egyptian Queens: A Hieroglyphic Dictionary,Golden House Publications,London,2005,ISBN 978-0-9547218-9-3

[JT-1] Joyce Tyldesley.Chronicle of the Queens of Egypt.Thames & Hudson. 2006. p. 52.ISBN 0-500-05145-3

[2] Dodson, Aidan and Hilton, Dyan.The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt.Thames & Hudson. 2004.ISBN 0-500-05128-3

[3] Peter Munro,Der Unas-Friedhof Nord-West, Bd.1, Topographisch-historische Einleitung; Das Doppelgrabe der Königinnen Nebet und Khenut.Mainz 1993

[4] Wolfram Grajetzki,Ancient Egyptian Queens: A Hieroglyphic Dictionary,Golden House Publications,London,2005,ISBN 978-0-9547218-9-3

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