Tentamun or Tentamen (''t3-n.t-ỉmn;'' "she of
Amun
Amun was a major ancient Egyptian deity who appears as a member of the Hermopolitan Ogdoad. Amun was attested from the Old Kingdom together with his wife Amunet. His oracle in Siwa Oasis, located in Western Egypt near the Libyan Desert, r ...
") is an
ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt () was a cradle of civilization concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River in Northeast Africa. It emerged from prehistoric Egypt around 3150BC (according to conventional Egyptian chronology), when Upper and Lower E ...
ian feminine name. Its notable bearers are:
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Tentamun (18th dynasty), a princess of the 18th dynasty, daughter of Thutmose IV
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Tentamun (20th dynasty), a queen of the 20th dynasty, probably the wife of Ramesses XI
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Tentamun (21st dynasty), a princess and queen of the 21st dynasty, wife of Smendes, probably the daughter of Ramesses XI
[Dodson & Hilton, pp. 192, 200]
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