Taimhotep
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Taimhotep[1] in hieroglyphs | ||||
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Late Period (664–332 BC) | ||||
Taimhotep (t3ỉ-ˁỉỉ-m-ḥtp, in Greek: ταιμουθης, Taimuthis;
Stela BM 147 has a depiction of Taimhotep worshipping
After the birth of her third daughter she prayed to Imhotep, an Old Kingdom sage who was deified in later centuries, for a son. Her prayers were answered and her son was born in 46 BCE, the 6th regnal year of Cleopatra VII. Taimhotep died four years later.[4][5] On her stela Taimhotep laments her untimely death and asks her husband to enjoy life while he can; this is the longest ancient Egyptian text of this kind. From her husband's two stelas it is known that he survived his wife by only one year.[4] Their son Imhotep-Pedubast became High Priest of Ptah in 39 BCE but died young only nine years later.[10]
Sources
- ^ Reymond, Eve A. E. (1981). From the Records of a Priestly Family of Memphis. Vol. 1. Harrassowitz Verlag. p. 169.
- ^ Reymond 1981, p. 165
- ^ In Ranke's Ägyptische Persönennamen her name is transcribed as t3-(n.t)-ỉỉ-m-ḥtp, 'One belonging to Imhotep'; Persönennamen, p.357
- ^ a b c Lichtheim, Miriam (2006). Ancient Egyptian Literature: The late period. University of California Press. p. 59–65.
- ^ a b "Epitaph of Tayimhotep". attalus.org. 16 September 2023. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
- ^ Reymond 1981, p. 178
- ^ Bennett, Chris (5 April 2002). "Khahapi". Tyndale House. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
- ^ a b Bennett, Chris (27 March 2002). "Taimhotep". Tyndale House. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
- ^ Reymond 1981, p. 164
- ^ Bennett, Chris (27 March 2002). "Imhotep-Pedubast". Tyndale House. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 1 October 2023.