Khenut was the queen consort of Egypt as the wife of King Unas. She lived during the time of the Fifth Dynasty of Egypt. She was a suspected mother of Queen Iput.
| Khenut in hieroglyphs | |||||
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Khenut Wife of King Unas | |||||
Burial
editKhenut was buried in a double mastaba with another queen named Nebet next to the Pyramid of Unas in Saqqara.[2] The mastaba was excavated by Peter Munro.[3]
The pyramid of the Queen mother Sesheshet lies near the pyramid which belong to Khenut.
Titles
editKhenut’s titles are: "Great One of the hetes-sceptre" (wrt-hetes), "She who sees Horus and Set" (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 the Two Ladies" (smȝyt-mry-nbty), and "Companion of Horus" (tist-ḥrw). Khenut may have been mentioned in the mortuary temple of Unas. Her tomb, unlike that of Queen Nebet, has suffered extensive damage.[4]
References
edit- ^ 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