Satiah

Satiah (also, "Sitiah, Sitioh;" “Daughter of the Moon”) was an Ancient Egyptian queen, the Great Royal Wife of Thutmose III [Aidan Dodson & Dyan Hilton: The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt. Thames & Hudson, 2004, ISBN 0-500-05128-3, p.140] .

Her mother was the royal nurse Ipu [Dodson–Hilton, op.cit., p.140] . It is possible that her father was the important official Ahmose Pen-Nekhebet [ [http://euler.slu.edu/Dept/Faculty/bart/egyptianhtml/tombs/Tombs%20of%20El%20KAb.htm Anneke Bart: "The New Kingdom Tombs of El Kab / Nekhen"] ] . Satiah died during her husband's reign and Thutmose's next Great Royal Wife was Merytre-Hatshepsut. No children of Satiah are known, though there is a possibility that Prince Amenemhat – Thutmose's eldest son, who died before his father – was her son [Dodson–Hilton, op.cit., pp.132-133,137,140] .

Satiah's titles include: King’s Wife (hmt-nisw), Great King’s Wife (hmt-niswt-wrt) and God’s Wife (hmt-ntr). )] . [Grajetski Ancient Egyptian Queens: a hieroglyphic dictionary Golden House Publications. p.53] .

Satiah is attested in:
* Abydos: The text on an offering table mentions her mother, the “nurse of the god” Ipu. The offering table was dedicated by the lector priest Therikiti. [Porter and Moss Topographical Bibliography; Volume V Upper Egypt Griffith Institute. p.52] .
* Abydos: Bronze votive axe-head(?) (now in the Cairo Museum). The axe-head is inscribed with the name of Queen Sitiah [Porter and Moss Topographical Bibliography; Volume V Upper Egypt Griffith Institute. p.49] .
* Temple of Monthu (Tod): Statue of Queen Sitiah dedicated by Tuthmosis III after her death (now in the Cairo Museum) [Porter and Moss Topographical Bibliography; Volume V Upper Egypt Griffith Institute. p.169] .
* Pillar in the tomb of Tuthmosis III (KV 34). Queen Sitiah is depicted behind Queen Merytre and Tuthmosis III. Behind Queen Sitiah we see the King's Wife Nebtu and the King's Daughter Nefertari. [A. Bart Queen Sitiah website [http://euler.slu.edu/Dept/Faculty/bart/egyptianhtml/kings%20and%20Queens/Queen_Sitiah.html] ]
* Relief from Karnak. Satiah is depicted before Tuthmosis III. [A. Bart Queen Sitiah website [http://euler.slu.edu/Dept/Faculty/bart/egyptianhtml/kings%20and%20Queens/Queen_Sitiah.html] ]
* A stela in the Cairo Museum. The stela shows Queen Satiah standing behind Tuthmosis III. [A. Bart Queen Sitiah website [http://euler.slu.edu/Dept/Faculty/bart/egyptianhtml/kings%20and%20Queens/Queen_Sitiah.html] ]

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[http://euler.slu.edu/Dept/Faculty/bart/egyptianhtml/kings%20and%20Queens/Queen_Sitiah.html Queen Sitiah (website by A. Bart)]