Hui priestess [61724]

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hui_(priestess)



Hui was an ancient Egyptian priestess during the 18th dynasty . She was the mother of Merytre-Hatshepsut , the Great Royal Wife of Pharaoh Thutmose III .[1].

Hui played an important role in the cults of Amun , Ra and Atum . One of her statues was found, it names her as the mother of the Great Royal Wife. This proves that Merytre was not the daughter of Queen Hatshepsut , as she was thought to be. (Thutmose's other Great Royal Wife, Satiah , is known to be the daughter of a royal nurse named Ipu .) The statue, which is now in the British Museum , also depicts the children of Thutmose and Merytre, except for Amenhotep II . Princess Nebetiunet is sitting on her grandmother's lap, Prince Menkheperre and princesses Meritamen , the other Meritamen and Iset can be seen on the side of the statue. Iset was probably the youngest, as her figure is much smaller than that of the others.[2]

Source

1. ^ Aidan Dodson & Dyan Hilton, The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt, Thames & Hudson (2004) ISBN 0-500-05128-3 </wiki/Special:BookSources/0500051283>, p.138
2. ^ Dodson & Hilton, p.133

Hui married.