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Sithathoryunet
Princess of the Twelfth Dynasty
c. 1880 BCE
Probably lived through the reigns of Senusret II, Senusret III and Amenemhat III.
Biography
She was buried beside the pyramid of Senusret II at Lahun. Her jewellery escaped tomb robbers because it lay in a side niche filled with mud, and was found in 1914.
Key facts
Certainty: Uncertain
She was probably a daughter of Senusret II, given her tomb’s place beside his pyramid, but this is not certain.
Scholarly note: Other objects in her tomb carry the name of Amenemhat III, so she may have lived into his reign; no text names her father outright.
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York “Pectoral and Necklace of Sithathoryunet with the Name of Senwosret II, 16.1.3a, b” metmuseum.org