Sitdjehuti called Satibu (or Satdjehuti; “Daughter of Thoth

Thoth

Thoth was considered one of the more important deities of the Egyptian pantheon. In art, he was often depicted as a man with the head of an ibis or a baboon, animals sacred to him. His feminine counterpart was Seshat...

”) was a princess and queen of the late Seventeenth dynasty of Egypt

Seventeenth dynasty of Egypt

The Fifteenth, Sixteenth and Seventeenth Dynasties of ancient Egypt are often combined under the group title, Second Intermediate Period. The Seventeenth Dynasty dates approximately from 1580 to 1550 BC.-Rulers:...

. She was a daughter of Pharaoh Senakhtenre Tao I and Queen Tetisheri

Tetisheri

Tetisheri was the matriarch of the Egyptian royal family of the late 17th Dynasty and early 18th Dynasty.-Family:Tetisheri was the daughter of Tjenna and Neferu. The names of Tetisheri's parents are known from mummy bandages found in TT320....

 and wife to her brother Seqenenre Tao II. She was the mother of Princess Ahmose

Ahmose (princess)

Ahmose was a princess of the seventeenth dynasty of Egypt. She was the only known daughter of Tao II the Brave by his sister-wife Sitdjehuti. She was the half-sister of Pharaoh Ahmose I....

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Life

Sitdjehuti was a daughter of Pharaoh Senakhtenre Tao I and a sister to Pharaoh Seqenenre Tao II, and the queens Ahhotep

Ahhotep I

Ahhotep I , was an Ancient Egyptian queen who lived circa 1560- 1530 BC, during the end of the Seventeenth dynasty of ancient Egypt, she was the daughter of Queen Tetisheri and Senakhtenre Tao I, and was likely the sister, as well as the wife, of pharaoh Seqenenre Tao...

 and Ahmose Inhapy

Ahmose Inhapy

Ahmose-Inhapy or Ahmose-Inhapi was a princess and queen of the late 17th dynasty and early 18th dynasty.-Life:...

. She was married to her (half-)brother Seqenenre-Tao and bore him a daughter, Ahmose

Ahmose (princess)

Ahmose was a princess of the seventeenth dynasty of Egypt. She was the only known daughter of Tao II the Brave by his sister-wife Sitdjehuti. She was the half-sister of Pharaoh Ahmose I....

. On her sarcophagus she is said to be the daughter of Tetisheri

Tetisheri

Tetisheri was the matriarch of the Egyptian royal family of the late 17th Dynasty and early 18th Dynasty.-Family:Tetisheri was the daughter of Tjenna and Neferu. The names of Tetisheri's parents are known from mummy bandages found in TT320....

. Her other name is given as Satibu.

Titles

Sitdjehuti's titles include King's Wife, King's Sister and King's Daughter. She is mentioned on the mummy shroud of her daughter Ahmose

Ahmose (princess)

Ahmose was a princess of the seventeenth dynasty of Egypt. She was the only known daughter of Tao II the Brave by his sister-wife Sitdjehuti. She was the half-sister of Pharaoh Ahmose I....

 which was found in the Valley of the Queens

Valley of the Queens

The Valley of the Queens is a place in Egypt where wives of Pharaohs were buried in ancient times. In ancient times, it was known as Ta-Set-Neferu, meaning –‘the place of the Children of the Pharaoh’, because along with the Queens of the 18th, 19th and 20th dynasties many princes and princesses...

 (QV47). Ahmose is called the King's Daughter and Queen's Sister. This states that Ahmose was the daughter of King Seqenenre Tao II and Sitdjehuti.

Death and burial

Sitdjehuti's mummy was discovered around 1820, along with its coffin, golden mask, a heart scarab and linens donated by her niece Queen Ahmose-Nefertari

Ahmose-Nefertari

Ahmose-Nefertari of Ancient Egypt was a Queen of Egypt. She was a daughter of Seqenenre Tao II and Ahhotep I, and royal sister and the great royal wife of pharaoh, Ahmose I. She was the mother of king Amenhotep I and may have served as his regent when he was young...

. The linen is inscribed with the text:

Given in the favour of the god's wife, king's wife and king's mother Ahmose Nefertari may she live, so Satdjehuty

Satdjehuti's coffin lid is now held at Munich

Munich

Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...

 while her funerary mask is located in the British Museum

British Museum

The British Museum is a museum of human history and culture in London. Its collections, which number more than seven million objects, are amongst the largest and most comprehensive in the world and originate from all continents, illustrating and documenting the story of human culture from its...

(EA 29770).

Links

• Mummy Mask of Satdjehuty from the British Museum.