Tentkheta

Tentkheta (Tanetkheta) was the Great Royal Wife of Amasis II. She dates to the Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt.^[2]

Tentkheta in hieroglyphs
[1] Tɜ-nt-ḫtɜ She from the land of the Hittites
Great Royal Wife of Pharaoh Amasis II

Biography

Tentkheta was one of the wives known for Pharaoh Amasis II.^[3] She was a daughter of a priest of Ptah named Padineith. She was the mother of a King's son named Khnum-ib-Re^[1] and the mother of Pharaoh Psamtik III.^[3] Tentkheta held the titles king's wife (hmt nswt) and overseer of the affairs of the acacia house (khrp seshmtiw shendjet).^[1]