Tentkheta (Tanetkheta) was the Great Royal Wife of

Amasis II Amasis II ( grc, Ἄμασις ; phn, 𐤇𐤌𐤎 ''ḤMS'') or Ahmose II was a pharaoh (reigned 570526 BCE) of the Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt, the successor of Apries at Sais. He was the last great ruler of Egypt before the Persian conques ...

. She dates to the

Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt The Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt (notated Dynasty XXVI, alternatively 26th Dynasty or Dynasty 26) dynasty was the last native dynasty to rule Egypt before the Persian conquest in 525 BC (although others followed). The dynasty's reign (664–525 ...

.Tyldesley, Joyce. Chronicle of the Queens of Egypt. Thames & Hudson. 2006.

Biography

Tentkheta was one of the wives known for Pharaoh Amasis II.Dodson, Aidan and Hilton, Dyan. The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt. Thames & Hudson. 2004. She was a daughter of a priest of Ptah named Padineith. She was the mother of a King's son named Khnum-ib-ReGrajetzki, Ancient Egyptian Queens: A Hieroglyphic Dictionary, Golden House Publications, London, 2005, and the mother of

Pharaoh Pharaoh (, ; Egyptian: '' pr ꜥꜣ''; cop, , Pǝrro; Biblical Hebrew: ''Parʿō'') is the vernacular term often used by modern authors for the kings of ancient Egypt who ruled as monarchs from the First Dynasty (c. 3150 BC) until th ...

Psamtik III Psamtik III ( Ancient Egyptian: , pronounced ), known by the Graeco-Romans as Psammetichus or Psammeticus (Ancient Greek: ), or Psammenitus (Ancient Greek: ), was the last Pharaoh of the Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt from 526 BC to 525 BC. Most of ...

. Tentkheta held the titles king's wife (''hmt nswt'') and overseer of the affairs of the acacia house (''khrp seshmtiw shendjet'').

References

{{Queens of Ancient Egypt 6th-century BC Egyptian women Queens consort of the Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt 6th-century BC Egyptian people