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Satiah (also, Sitiah, Sitioh; “Daughter of the Moon”) was an Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt

Ancient Egypt was an Ancient history civilization in eastern North Africa, concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile in what is now the modern nation of Egypt....
ian queen, the Great Royal Wife
Great Royal Wife

File:Ah hotep.jpgGreat Royal Wife or Chief King's Wife is the term used to refer to the chief wife of a male pharaoh of Ancient Egypt on the day of his coronation, as her status in the royal lineage was essential to gaining the position of pharaoh....
 of Thutmose III
Thutmose III

Thutmose III was the sixth Pharaoh of the Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt. During the first twenty-two years of Thutmose's reign he was co-regent with his aunt, Hatshepsut, who was named the pharaoh....
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Her mother was the royal nurse Ipu. It is possible that her father was the important official Ahmose Pen-Nekhebet
Ahmose Pen-Nekhebet

Ahmose Pen Nekhbet was an ancient Egyptian official who started his career under Ahmose I and served all the pharaohs until Thutmose III. His autobiographical inscriptions are important for the understanding of the history of the early New Kingdom, though less detailed than those of his contemporary Ahmose, son of Ebana....
. Satiah died during her husband's reign and Thutmose's next Great Royal Wife was Merytre-Hatshepsut
Merytre-Hatshepsut

Queen Merytre-Hatshepsut was the principal wife of Pharaoh Thutmose III after the death of Satiah. She was the mother of Pharaoh Amenhotep II. Of noble birth, she was the daughter of the Adoratrix Huy, whose statue in the British Museum shows Huy holding a grandchild and represents the other children of Thutmose III and Merytre-Hatshepsut a...
. No children of Satiah are known, though there is a possibility that Prince Amenemhat
Amenemhat (son of Thutmose III)

Amenemhat was a prince of the eighteenth dynasty of Egypt; the son of Pharaoh Thutmose III.He was the eldest son and appointed heir of the pharaoh....
 – Thutmose's eldest son, who died before his father – was her son.

Satiah's titles include: King’s Wife (hmt-nisw), Great King’s Wife (hmt-niswt-wrt) and God’s Wife (hmt-ntr).

Satiah is attested in:






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Satiah (also, Sitiah, Sitioh; “Daughter of the Moon”) was an Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt

Ancient Egypt was an Ancient history civilization in eastern North Africa, concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile in what is now the modern nation of Egypt....
ian queen, the Great Royal Wife
Great Royal Wife

File:Ah hotep.jpgGreat Royal Wife or Chief King's Wife is the term used to refer to the chief wife of a male pharaoh of Ancient Egypt on the day of his coronation, as her status in the royal lineage was essential to gaining the position of pharaoh....
 of Thutmose III
Thutmose III

Thutmose III was the sixth Pharaoh of the Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt. During the first twenty-two years of Thutmose's reign he was co-regent with his aunt, Hatshepsut, who was named the pharaoh....
.

Her mother was the royal nurse Ipu. It is possible that her father was the important official Ahmose Pen-Nekhebet
Ahmose Pen-Nekhebet

Ahmose Pen Nekhbet was an ancient Egyptian official who started his career under Ahmose I and served all the pharaohs until Thutmose III. His autobiographical inscriptions are important for the understanding of the history of the early New Kingdom, though less detailed than those of his contemporary Ahmose, son of Ebana....
. Satiah died during her husband's reign and Thutmose's next Great Royal Wife was Merytre-Hatshepsut
Merytre-Hatshepsut

Queen Merytre-Hatshepsut was the principal wife of Pharaoh Thutmose III after the death of Satiah. She was the mother of Pharaoh Amenhotep II. Of noble birth, she was the daughter of the Adoratrix Huy, whose statue in the British Museum shows Huy holding a grandchild and represents the other children of Thutmose III and Merytre-Hatshepsut a...
. No children of Satiah are known, though there is a possibility that Prince Amenemhat
Amenemhat (son of Thutmose III)

Amenemhat was a prince of the eighteenth dynasty of Egypt; the son of Pharaoh Thutmose III.He was the eldest son and appointed heir of the pharaoh....
 – Thutmose's eldest son, who died before his father – was her son.

Satiah's titles include: King’s Wife (hmt-nisw), Great King’s Wife (hmt-niswt-wrt) and God’s Wife (hmt-ntr).

Satiah is attested in:
  • Abydos
    Abydos

    Abydos may mean:*Abydos, Egypt, one of the most ancient cities of Upper Egypt. According to Egyptian Mythology - The holy city of Osiris, who was buried there himself, as were many other pharaohs...
    : The text on an offering table mentions her mother, the “nurse of the god” Ipu. The offering table was dedicated by the lector priest Therikiti. .
  • Abydos: Bronze votive axe-head(?) (now in the Cairo Museum). The axe-head is inscribed with the name of Queen Sitiah .
  • Temple of Monthu (Tod): Statue of Queen Sitiah dedicated by Tuthmosis III after her death (now in the Cairo Museum) .
  • Pillar in the tomb of Tuthmosis III (KV34
    KV34

    Tomb KV34 in the Valley of the Kings was the final resting place of Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt Pharaoh Thutmose III.One of the first tombs to be dug in the Valley, it was cut high in the cliff face of the furthermost wadi....
    ). Queen Sitiah is depicted behind Queen Merytre and Tuthmosis III. Behind Queen Sitiah we see the King's Wife Nebtu
    Nebtu

    Nebtu was an Ancient Egyptian queen, a wife of Thutmose III.She was depicted on a pillar in Thutmose's tomb KV34 where the pharaoh leads a procession of his family members ? his two Great Royal Wife Merytre-Hatshepsut and Satiah, his wife Nebtu and his daughter Nefertari....
     and the King's Daughter Nefertari.
  • Relief from Karnak. Satiah is depicted before Tuthmosis III.
  • A stela in the Cairo Museum. The stela shows Queen Satiah standing behind Tuthmosis III.


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