Persenet (Personet, Per-sent) was an ancient Egyptian queen consort of the

4th Dynasty The Fourth Dynasty of ancient Egypt (notated Dynasty IV) is characterized as a "golden age" of the Old Kingdom of Egypt. Dynasty IV lasted from to 2494 BC. It was a time of peace and prosperity as well as one during which trade with other c ...

. She may have been a daughter of King

Khufu Khufu or Cheops was an ancient Egyptian monarch who was the second pharaoh of the Fourth Dynasty, in the first half of the Old Kingdom period (26th century BC). Khufu succeeded his father Sneferu as king. He is generally accepted as having c ...

and a wife of King

Khafre Khafre (also read as Khafra and gr, Χεφρήν Khephren or Chephren) was an ancient Egyptian King (pharaoh) of the 4th Dynasty during the Old Kingdom. He was the son of Khufu and the successor of Djedefre. According to the ancient histori ...

. She is mainly known from her tomb at Giza (G 8156).

Biography

According to Grajetzki, Persenet's full set of titles was: great of sceptre ''(wr.t-ḥts)'', king's beloved wife ''(ḥm.t-nỉswt mrỉỉt=f)'' and king's daughter of his body ''(sat-niswt-nt-xtf)''. The position of her tomb suggests that she was the wife of king

and possibly a daughter of Khufu.Grajetzki, Ancient Egyptian Queens: A Hieroglyphic Dictionary, Golden House Publications, London, 2005, Persenet may be the mother of the vizier

Nikaure Nikaure was an ancient Egyptian prince and vizier during the 4th Dynasty. His titles include ''king's eldest son of his body'' (''sA-nswt n Xt=f''), as well as ''chief justice'' and vizier (''smsw tAjtj sAb TAtj''). Family Nikaure was a son of ...

.Dodson, Aidan and Hilton, Dyan. The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt. Thames & Hudson. 2004.

Tomb

Persenet's tomb is LG 88 in

Giza Giza (; sometimes spelled ''Gizah'' arz, الجيزة ' ) is the second-largest city in Egypt after Cairo and fourth-largest city in Africa after Kinshasa, Lagos and Cairo. It is the capital of Giza Governorate with a total population of 9. ...

using the numbering introduced by

Lepsius Lepsius is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Johannes Lepsius (1858–1926), German humanitarian *Karl Richard Lepsius, Prussian Egyptologist *Reinhold Lepsius (1857–1922), German painter *Sabine Lepsius Sabine Lepsi ...

. It is also given the designation G 8156.Giza pyramids by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
/ref> The tomb is a rock-cut mastaba located in the Central Field which is part of the

Giza Necropolis The Giza pyramid complex ( ar, مجمع أهرامات الجيزة), also called the Giza necropolis, is the site on the Giza Plateau in Greater Cairo, Egypt that includes the Great Pyramid of Giza, the Pyramid of Khafre, and the Pyramid ...

. Persenet's tomb is adjacent to that of Nikaure and were probably constructed at the same time. Persenet's tomb can be entered through and entrance in the south wall or an entrance in the east wall which connects to the tomb of

. The chamber is L-shaped and contains two pillars. There are no decorations on the walls but the pillars are inscribed.Reisner, George A. A History of the Giza Necropolis 1. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1942, pp. 225, 310, fig. 125.

References

{{Queens of Ancient Egypt Queens consort of the Fourth Dynasty of Egypt Khafre