| 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 | ||||||||
Ahmose-Sitamun or Sitamun was a princess of the early Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt.
Etymology
Name of this princess means "Child of the Moon, Daughter of Amun".
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