Tiye of the harem conspiracy
Egyptian · mortal · new kingdom · Recorded classification
Mortal secondary wife of Ramesses III and mother of Prince Pentaweret; the orchestrator of the 1155 BCE harem conspiracy at Medinet Habu (Judicial Papyrus of Turin) that mortally wounded the king but failed to install her son on the throne in place of Ramesses IV. A distinct person from the 18th-Dynasty Queen Tiye (egyptian_tiye). Mortal class.
Relations
- spouse: Ramesses IIIJudicial Papyrus of Turin (primary)
- mother of: PentaweretJudicial Papyrus of Turin (primary)
- enemy: Ramesses IIIShe orchestrated the conspiracy that mortally wounded her husband.Judicial Papyrus of Turin (primary)
Sources
- existence: Judicial Papyrus of Turin (the harem-conspiracy trial transcripts, Museo Egizio, Turin) (primary)
- role-as-conspiracy-orchestrator: Judicial Papyrus of Turin (primary); Hawass et al., 'Revisiting the harem conspiracy and death of Ramesses III', BMJ 345 (2012): e8268 (secondary)