
عاشیت
Sign in to savethumb|Relief of Ashayet from her limestone sarcophagus Ashayet or Ashait () was an ancient Egyptian queen consort, a wife of Mentuhotep II in the 11th Dynasty. Her tomb (DBXI.17) and small decorated chapel were found in Mentuhotep II's Deir el-Bahari temple complex. The shrine and burial of Ashayet was found along with the tombs of four other women in their 20s, Henhenet, Kawit, Kemsit, Sadeh, and a young girl, Mayet. However, it is likely that there were three other additional shrines that were destroyed in the expansions of Mentuhotep II's burial complex. The nine shrines were built in the F
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Key facts
- Royalty.name
- Ashayet
- Royalty.title
- King's Beloved WifeKing's Sole OrnamentPriestess of Hathor
- Royalty.image
- Shrine Ashayet Naville Cropped.png
- Royalty.succession
- Queen consort of Egypt
- Royalty.reign
- c. 2025 BC
- Royalty.regent
- Mentuhotep II
- Royalty.reg type
- King
- Royalty.burial_place
- Deir el-Bahari, Luxor, Egypt
- Royalty.consort
- yes
- Royalty.spouse
- Mentuhotep II
- Royalty.dynasty
- 11th Dynasty of Egypt
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Ancient Egypt
- Spouse
- Mentuhotep II
- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- queen consort
- Noble title
- queen consort
- Image
- Queen Ashit relief.jpg
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- Aashyt
- date of birth
- 2060-00-00
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