Arty (Queen)
| Arty | |||||
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| Queen consort of Nubia and Egypt Royal Wife | |||||
| Burial | Ku. 6 in El-Kurru | ||||
| Spouse | Pharaoh Shebitku | ||||
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| Dynasty | 25th Dynasty of Egypt | ||||
| Father | King Piye | ||||
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| Arty in hieroglyphs | ||||||
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| Era: 3rd Intermediate Period (1069–664 BC) | ||||||
Arty was a Nubian King's wife dated to the Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt.[2]
Arty was a daughter of King Piye and was the wife of Shebitku. She is known from Cairo Statue 49157 from Karnak. Her name is mentioned on the base of a statue of Haremakhet.[1]
She was buried in the necropolis at El-Kurru, in tomb Ku.6.[2]
References
- ^ a b Dows Dunham and M. F. Laming Macadam, Names and Relationships of the Royal Family of Napata, The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, Vol. 35 (Dec., 1949), pp. 142
- ^ ISBN 0-500-05128-3, p.236-238