Semat (original) (raw)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Semat
Queen consort of Egypt
Tenure c. 2950 BC
Died c. 2950 BC
Burial Sohag, Egypt
Semat in hieroglyphs
F36B1 Semat Sm3.t The Companion[1]

Semat (fl. c. 2950 BC) was an Ancient Egyptian Queen, who was a wife of the King Den. She was buried near him in Abydos.[_citation needed_]

Very little is known about Semat besides a stela discovered near Den's tomb in Abydos[_citation needed_]. She held the titles of

M33.t-Ḥr.(w) Maat-Hor"She who sees Horus" _Rnm.t-Stš_Renmet-Setesh"She who carries Seth"

Both of these titles were associated with queens in ancient Egypt.[2] Semat was not the only woman identified from funerary stela. Other women whose funerary stela were found near Den's tomb are Seshemetka and Serethor.[3]

The stela was in the Egyptian Museum of Berlin, but was destroyed during World War 2.[4]

  1. ^ Silke Roth: Die Königsmütter des Alten Ägypten. P 382.
  2. ^ Grajetzki, Ancient Egyptian Queens: A Hieroglyphic Dictionary, Golden House Publications, London, 2005, ISBN 978-0-9547218-9-3
  3. ^ Tyldesley, Joyce. Chronicle of the Queens of Egypt. Thames & Hudson. 2006. ISBN 0-500-05145-3
  4. ^ *Geoffrey Thorndike Martin: Umm el-Qaab VII, Private Stelae of the Early Dynastic Period from the Royal Cemetery at Abydos, Archäologischer Veröffentlichungen 123, Wiesbaden 2011, ISBN 978-3-447-06256-5, p. 100-101, no. 129, pl. 35.