Tawerettenru

Tawerettenru was an ancient Egyptian queen of the Twentieth Dynasty; the Royal Wife of Ramesses V.[1]

Tawerettenru
Queen consort of Egypt
Burial
unknown
SpousePharaoh Ramesses V
Full name
Tawerettenru
Dynasty20th Dynasty of Egypt



Tawerettenru
in hieroglyphs

Tawerettenru's estate is mentioned in the Wilbour Papyrus, a document dated to the reign of Ramesses V. Based on this document, Tawerettenru is thought to be a wife of this King, but it is possible she dates to an earlier period.

Grajetzki gives the hieroglyphs as transcribed from hieratic as follows:






[2]

Sources

  1. Aidan Dodson & Dyan Hilton, The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt, (London: Thames & Hudson, 2004) ISBN 0-500-05128-3, pp.193
  2. Grajetski Ancient Egyptian Queens: a hieroglyphic dictionary Golden House Publications


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