Sitamun
Egyptian · quartigod · new kingdom · Recorded classification
Quartigod eldest daughter of Amenhotep III by Tiye. Elevated to Great Royal Wife of her own father in the period of his First Sed Festival (year 30, c. 1361 BCE) — the canonical Egyptian-pharaonic father-daughter Royal-Marriage that paralleled the divine-renewal Sed Festival. The Sitamun chair found in the tomb of her maternal grandparents Yuya and Tjuyu (KV46) bears her Great Royal Wife titulary.
Parentage
- father: Amenhotep IIITomb of Kheruef; KV46 chair (primary)
- mother: TiyeTomb of Kheruef (primary)
Relations
- father: Amenhotep IIITomb of Kheruef; KV46 chair (primary)
- mother: TiyeTomb of Kheruef (primary)
- spouse: Amenhotep IIIFather-daughter Royal-Marriage at her father's First Sed Festival.Tomb of Kheruef year 30 Sed Festival inscriptions (primary)
- sibling: AkhenatenSoleb temple reliefs (primary)
Sources
- existence: Tomb of Kheruef (TT192) inscriptions; Sitamun chair from KV46 (the Yuya-Tjuyu tomb); Amenhotep III memorial temple inscriptions; Soleb temple reliefs (primary)
- parentage: Tomb of Kheruef; KV46 chair (primary)