Tabiry
| Tabiry | |
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Alara of Nubia | |
| Mother | Kasaqa |
Tabiry was a Nubian queen dated to the Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt.[1]
Biography
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| Tabiry in hieroglyphs | |||||||
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| Era: New Kingdom (1550–1069 BC) | |||||||
Tabiry was the daughter of
Tabiry was buried in a pyramid at El-Kurru (K.53). A carved granite funerary stela found in her tomb mentions she is the daughter of Alara of Nubia and the wife of Piye. The stela is now in Khartoum.[1][2] The stela gives Tabiry further titles. Reisner had initially translated one of her titles as 'the great chieftainess of the Temehu' (southern Libyans), and concluded that the royal house of Kush was somehow related to the Libyans.[3] Others have since shown that her title should be read as "Great One (or 'Chieftainess') of the Desert-dwellers", showing her title connects her to the Nubians.[4]
A blue faience
References
- ^ ISBN 0-500-05128-3, p.234-240
- ^ a b Grajetski, Ancient Egyptian Queens: a hieroglyphic dictionary, Golden House Publications. p.88
- ^ Reisner, The Royal Family of Ethiopia, Museum of Fine Arts Bulletin, Vol. 19, No. 112/113 (Jun., 1921), pp. 21-38
- ^ D. M. Dixon, The Origin of the Kingdom of Kush (Napata-Meroë), The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, Vol. 50 (Dec., 1964), pp. 121-132
- ^ Shabti UC13220 on the Petrie Museum website