Ahmose-Sitamun
Ahmose-Sitamun or Sitamun was a princess of the early Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt.
Ahmose-Sitamun | |||||||||
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Princess of Egypt | |||||||||
Sitamun (far left) on a stele from Karnak | |||||||||
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Dynasty | 18th Dynasty | ||||||||
Father | Ahmose I | ||||||||
Mother | Ahmose-Nefertari |
Biography
Sitamun was the daughter of Pharaoh Ahmose I and sister of Amenhotep I. A colossal statue of hers stood before the eighth pylon at Karnak.
Her mummy was found in the Deir el-Bahari cache (DB320) and is today in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo.
Her titles were: God's Wife; King's Daughter; King's Sister.
Sources
- Aidan Dodson & Dyan Hilton: The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt, Thames & Hudson, 2004, ISBN 0-500-05128-3, p. 129
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