Tisethor ("Companion of

Horus Horus (), also known as Heru, Har, Her, or Hor () in Egyptian language, Ancient Egyptian, is one of the most significant ancient Egyptian deities who served many functions, most notably as the god of kingship, healing, protection, the sun, and t ...

"; 2393 BC - 2375 BC) was a

princess Princess is a title used by a female member of a regnant monarch's family or by a female ruler of a principality. The male equivalent is a prince (from Latin '' princeps'', meaning principal citizen). Most often, the term has been used for ...

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 ...

. She may have been a daughter of Princess

Kekheretnebti Kekheretnebti or Khekeretnebty ( 2423 BC - 2390 BC) was a Princess of Egypt, who lived during the Fifth Dynasty. Her father was King Djedkare Isesi. Kekheretnebti was buried in a mastaba ('B') in the royal necropolis at Abusir, south-east of th ...

and granddaughter of the King

Djedkare Isesi Djedkare Isesi (known in Greek as Tancheres; died 2375 BC) was a king, the eighth and penultimate ruler of the Fifth Dynasty of Egypt in the late 25th century to mid-24th century BC, during the Old Kingdom. Djedkare succeeded Menkauhor Kaiu ...

. Her father is not known. She was a niece of Neserkauhor,

Meret-Isesi Meret-Isesi (also Mereret-Isesi; "Beloved by Isesi"; ) was a Princess of Egypt during the 5th Dynasty. Her father was King King is a royal title given to a male monarch. A king is an Absolute monarchy, absolute monarch if he holds unrestri ...

, and

Isesi-ankh Isesi-ankh (transliteration ''Izzi-ˁnḫ''; ) was an ancient Egyptian high official during the second half of the Fifth Dynasty, in the late 25th to mid 24th century BC. His name means "Isesi lives". He may have been a son of king Isesi and qu ...

. She barely reached the age of puberty when she died, and some estimates suggested she may have been 17-18 at the time of her death. She was buried in the

mastaba A mastaba ( , or ), also mastabah or mastabat) is a type of ancient Egyptian tomb in the form of a flat-roofed, rectangular structure with inward sloping sides, constructed out of mudbricks or limestone. These edifices marked the burial sites ...

of a woman who may have been her mother.Deutsche Morgenländische Gesellschaft (1989), Zeitschrift für ägyptische sprache und altertumskunde, Volumes 116–118, p. 72

References

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