Kemsit
Kemsit () was an ancient Egyptian queen consort, the wife of king Mentuhotep II of the 11th Dynasty. Her tomb (TT308) and small decorated chapel were found in her husband's Deir el-Bahari temple complex, behind the main building, along with the tombs of five other ladies, Ashayet, Henhenet, Kawit, Sadeh and Mayet. Most of them were priestesses of Hathor, so it is possible that they were buried there as part of the goddess's cult, but it is also possible that they were the daughters of nobles the king wanted to keep an eye upon.
Key facts
- Royalty.name
- Kemsit
- Royalty.title
- King's Beloved WifeKing's Sole OrnamentPriestess of Hathor
- Royalty.image
- Relief Kemsit Munich.JPG
- Royalty.caption
- Kemsit on a relief from Deir el-Bahari, now in Staatliche Sammlung für Ägyptische Kunst, Munich
- Royalty.succession
- Queen consort of Egypt
- Royalty.reign
- c. 2025 BC
- Royalty.regent
- Mentuhotep II
- Royalty.reg type
- King
- Royalty.burial_place
- TT308, Deir el-Bahari, Egypt
- Royalty.consort
- yes
- Royalty.spouse
- Mentuhotep II
- Royalty.dynasty
- 11th Dynasty of Egypt
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Kemsit () was an ancient Egyptian queen consort, the wife of king Mentuhotep II of the 11th Dynasty. Her tomb (TT308) and small decorated chapel were found in her husband's Deir el-Bahari temple complex, behind the main building, along with the tombs of five other ladies, Ashayet, Henhenet, Kawit, Sadeh and Mayet. Most of them were priestesses of Hathor, so it is possible that they were buried there as part of the goddess's cult, but it is also possible that they were the daughters of nobles the king wanted to keep an eye upon.
Only parts of her sarcophagus have been found, these are now in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.