Tentamun

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Tentamun
in hieroglyphs

Tentamun or Tentamen (t3-n.t-ỉmn; "she of Amun")^[1] is an ancient Egyptian feminine name. Its notable bearers are:

Tentamun (18th dynasty), a princess of the 18th dynasty, daughter of Thutmose IV^[2]
Tentamun (20th dynasty), a queen of the 20th dynasty, probably the wife of Ramesses XI^[3]
Tentamun (21st dynasty), a princess and queen of the 21st dynasty, wife of Smendes, probably the daughter of Ramesses XI^[4]

Sources

↑ Hermann Ranke: Die ägyptische Persönennamen. Verlag von J. J. Augustin in Glückstadt, 1935., p.358
↑ Aidan Dodson & Dyan Hilton, The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt, Thames & Hudson (2004) ISBN 0-500-05128-3, p.140.
↑ Dodson & Hilton, pp. 192–194
↑ Dodson & Hilton, pp. 192, 200

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