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Takhuit in hieroglyphs
Great Royal Wife of Pharaoh Psamtik II

Takhuit was the Great Royal Wife of Psamtik II. She dates to the Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt.

She was the wife of Psamtik II and the mother of Pharaoh Apries and the God's Wife of Amun Ankhnesneferibre. Takhuit is known to be the wife of King Psamtik II, because their daughter Ankhnesneferibre is recorded as a King's Sister and to be born of Takhuit.

Burial

Takhuit was buried in Athribis. Her tomb was discovered in 1950. A large sarcophagus and a heart scarab were discovered in her tomb.

References

1. Roberto Gozzoli: Psammetichus II, Reign, Documents and Officials, London 2017, ISBN 978-1-906137-41-0, p. 21
2. Roberto Gozzoli: Psammetichus II, Reign, Documents and Officials, London 2017, ISBN 978-1-906137-41-0, pp. 20-21
3. Dodson, Aidan and Hilton, Dyan. The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt. Thames & Hudson. 2004. ISBN 0-500-05128-3
4. ^ Grajetzki, Ancient Egyptian Queens: A Hieroglyphic Dictionary, Golden House Publications, London, 2005, ISBN 978-0-9547218-9-3
5. Roberto Gozzoli: Psammetichus II, Reign, Documents and Officials, London 2017, ISBN 978-1-906137-41-0, S. 20-21

• 6th-century BC Egyptian women
• Queens consort of the Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt
• 6th-century BC Egyptian people
• Great Royal Wives