Khenthap
| Khenthap in hieroglyphs | |||||||
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Khenthap/Khenet-Hapi ḫnt-Ḥp Musician of Hapi[1] | |||||||
Khenthap (also written Khenet-Hapi) was allegedly a
inscription
.
Evidence
Egyptologists and
Palermo stone,[2] a stela made of black schist that lists the kings from Narmer (1st Dynasty) up to king Neferirkare (6th Dynasty). Additionally, the stone lists the mother of each king.[3] The inscription spells out Khenthap's name, but doesn't record any of her titles (except for that of a "mother").[4]
Biography
The inscription on the Cairo fragment describes Khenthap as the mother of king Djer.[5] Joyce Tyldesley thinks Khenthap was a wife of king Hor-Aha and that her grandson was king Djet, for Djet is thought to be the son of king Djer (Aha's son).[6] Silke Roth instead thinks that Khenthap was a wife of king Teti I, a king mentioned in the Saqqara Tablet and in the Royal Canon of Turin. In the latter, he is described as a ruler who held the Egyptian throne for only 1 year and 45 days.[2]
Khenthap's name means "musician of (god)
Hapi", which may point to a religious and cultic role for this lady during her lifetime. Her name is connected to a god and may link to the king's title "bull of his mother".[2]
References
- ISBN 3-447-04368-7, p. 378.
- ^ ISBN 3-447-04368-7, p. 16–18.
- ISBN 0-7103-0667-9, p. 105.
- ISBN 0-9547218-9-6, p. 2.
- ISBN 0-500-28857-7, p. 48.
- ISBN 0-500-05145-3, p. 29.