Semat was an
Ancient Egyptian Queen, who was a wife of the King
Den. She was buried near him in
Abydos Abydos may refer to:
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* Abydos (Hellespont), an ancient city in Mysia, Asia Minor
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.
Very little is known about Semat besides a
stela discovered near Den's tomb in Abydos. She held the titles of
Both of these titles were associated with queens in ancient
Egypt. Semat was not the only woman identified from funerary stela. Other women whose funerary stela were found near Den's tomb are
Seshemetka
Seshemetka was an ancient Egyptian Queen consort, queen from the First Dynasty of Egypt, a wife of pharaoh den (pharaoh), Den and the mother of Anedjib.Dodson, Aidan and Hilton, Dyan. The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt. Thames & Hudson. ...
and
Serethor
Serethor was a woman who lived in ancient Egypt during the First Dynasty.
Serethor was a wife of the King Den. She is known from a funerary stela in Umm El Qa'ab, which is now in the Musée du Louvre
The Louvre ( ), or the Louvre Museum ( ...
.
Until the Second World War the stela was in the
Egyptian Museum of Berlin, but was destroyed in the war.
[*Geoffrey Thorndike Martin: ''Umm el-Qaab VII, Private Stelae of the Early Dynastic Period from the Royal Cemetery at Abydos'', Archäologischer Veröffentlichungen 123, Wiesbaden 2011, , p. 100-101, no. 129, pl. 35.]
References
External links
* Francesco Raffaele
Queen Semat(English)
{{Queens of Ancient Egypt
30th-century BC women
Queens consort of the First Dynasty of Egypt
Den (pharaoh)