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Mehytenweskhet

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Mehytenweskhet
Great Royal Wife
Queen consortof Egypt
Ushabti of Mehytenweskhet
Burial
SpousePsamtik I
IssueNecho II,Nitocris I,Meryetneith
Dynasty26th Dynasty
FatherHarsiese
Mehytenweskhet[1]inhieroglyphs
V22
tH8
nO15

MehytenweskhetorMehtenweskhetwas the daughter of the High Priest ofRaHarsiese, and theGreat Royal WifeofPsamtik I.She dates to theTwenty-sixth dynasty of Egypt.[1]

Biography

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Mehytenweskhet was the daughter of the High Priest ofReHarsiese. It has been suggested that the high priest Harsiese is identical to the Vizier Harsiese who may have servedTaharqa.If so, Harsiese would have served as vizier to Taharqa, while opening up relations withNecho Iwhile the latter was ruler ofSais.This may have allowed Harsiese to remain in office as vizier into the reign of his son-in-lawPsamtik I.If the Vizier Harsiese was Mehytenweskhet's father, she would have been a sister of Naneferhenes, who was married to aThebanpriest named Nesamun.[2]

Mehytenweskhet was the mother ofNecho II,theDivine Adoratrice of AmunNitocris Iand a daughter named Meryetneith. Mehytenweskhet was buried with her daughter Nitocris inMedinet Habu.[3]

References

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  1. ^abTyldesley, Joyce. Chronicle of the Queens of Egypt. Thames & Hudson. 2006.ISBN0-500-05145-3
  2. ^Kitchen, Kenneth A. The Third Intermediate Period in Egypt, 1100-650 B.C. (Book & Supplement) Aris & Phillips. 1986ISBN978-0-85668-298-8
  3. ^Dodson, Aidan and Hilton, Dyan. The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt. Thames & Hudson. 2004.ISBN0-500-05128-3