Iset

Scion daughter of Ramesses VI by Queen Nubkhesbed; sister of Ramesses VII. The first holder, since the early 18th Dynasty, of the revived offices of God's Wife of Amun and Divine Adoratrice of Amun, installed at Thebes by her father — and probably the first to hold the office celibate. Attested on the Koptos stela (Manchester Museum 1781).

Parentage

• Ramesses VI
• Nubkhesbed

Domains

• amun cult office

Relations

• father: Ramesses VI
• mother: Nubkhesbed
• sibling: Ramesses VII

Sources

• Koptos stela of the God's Wife Iset (Manchester Museum 1781; excavated by Petrie at Koptos)
• Koptos stela (Manchester Museum 1781); G. Robins, Women in Ancient Egypt (1993) on the revived office