Sitdjehuti/Satibu (died 1550/1500 BC, also ''Satdjehuti''; "Daughter of

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") was a princess and queen of the late

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. She was a daughter of Pharaoh

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and Queen

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. She was the wife of her brother

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and was the mother of Princess Ahmose.

Life

On her sarcophagus, she is stated to be the daughter of

. Her other name is given as Satibu. It is assumed that Sitdjehuti was a daughter of Pharaoh

and a sister to Pharaoh

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

Titles

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

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(QV47). Ahmose is called the King's Daughter and Queen's Sister. This states that Ahmose was the daughter of King Seqenenre Tao and Sitdjehuti. King's Daughter. Her mother appear on her coffin as Tetisheri, indicating that her father may have been Senakhtenre Ahmose. If so, she named her daughter after her father, princess Ahmose. It would also make her the sister of Ahhotep. King's Sister. It is not confirmed who her king-brother was. Presumably it was her husband Seqenenre.

Death

Sitdjehuty died during the reign of Amenhotep I (1545-1526BC, high chronology) or Thutmose I (1526-1513 BC, high chronology). As indicated by her linen, Ahmose-Nefertari donated the cloth for her burial. At that time Ahmose-Nefertari held the title King's Mother, referring to

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. The style of her burial is early D18, and some features became common with

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onwards. She most likely died during the reign of Amenhotep I. She must have been a woman of relatively old age, having outlived Ahmose I and possibly Amenhotep I.

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. 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. The coffin lid is now held at the

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, while the mummy mask is located in the

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(EA 29770). * München ÄS 7163 + ÄS 7220 , A wooden rishi coffin of King’s Daughter Sat-Djehuty/Sat-Ibu, born to King’s Wife Teti.München ÄS 7163 + ÄS 7220
Retrieved 16 June 2025.

References

External links

Mummy Mask of Satdjehuty
from the British Museum.
Fragmentary coffin face of Sitdjehuti - Egypt Museum
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