Itet

{{Short description|Ancient Egyptian royal}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Itet

| image = Nefermaat2.jpg

| image_size = 190 px

| caption = Itet and two of her sons (an unknown son and Ankherfenedjef) in a scene from her tomb at Meidum (Oriental Institute, Chicago)

| alt = Atet

| spouse = Nefermaat

| children = Djefatsen, Isesu, Hemiunu, Isu, Teta, Khentimeresh, Pageti, Itisen, Inkaef, Serfka, Wehemka, Shepseska, Kakhent, Ankhersheretef, Ankherfenedjef, Buneb, Shepsesneb, Nebkhenet

}}

File:Fragment from the tomb of Nefermaat and Itet, Meidum, Egypt, Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4, reign of Snefru, c. 2430 BC, limestone, colored paste, restored - Oriental Institute Museum, University of Chicago - DSC07773.JPG. The top layer depicts Itet's husband Nefermaat. The middle depicts Itet seated, behind her an unknown son (top) and Ankherfenedjef (bottom). The bottom layer depicts four more of their sons, from left to right, Wehemka, an unknown child, Ankhersheretef, and Nebkhenet.]]

Itet (fl. c. 2570 BCE) also known as Atet, was a royal woman who lived in ancient Egypt. She was the wife of Nefermaat, who was the eldest son of king Sneferu as well as a vizier and a religious leader in the royal court who officiated in the worship of Bastet.{{Cite book |last=Callahan |first=David |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=76XvAwAAQBAJ&dq=itet+nefermaat&pg=PA1 |title=A History of Birdwatching in 100 Objects |date=2014-08-14 |publisher=A&C Black |isbn=978-1-4081-8665-7 |language=en}} She was the mother of three daughters and many sons. Her son, Hemiunu, succeeded her husband as vizier. She and her husband are buried in mastaba 16 at Meidum.[http://www.ancient-egypt.org/glossary/people/nefermaat_itet.html Nefermaat and Itet] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100513211001/http://www.ancient-egypt.org/glossary/people/nefermaat_itet.html |date=2010-05-13 }}{{Citation |title=MEYDUM |date=2013 |work=Ehnasya, The Labyrinth, Gerzeh and Mazghuneh |editor-last=Petrie |editor-first=William Matthew Flinders |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/ehnasya-the-labyrinth-gerzeh-and-mazghuneh/meydum/AFDB3787F60F2BA687B83DB447B047C3 |access-date=2024-04-10 |series=Cambridge Library Collection - Egyptology |place=Cambridge |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-1-108-06620-4}} Their tomb is famous for paintings of geese, and of other animals, as well as depictions of daily family life.{{Cite book |last1=Davies |first1=Vanessa |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4yTTDwAAQBAJ&dq=atet+nefermaat&pg=PA44 |title=The Oxford Handbook of Egyptian Epigraphy and Palaeography |last2=Laboury |first2=Dimitri |date=2020-02-28 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-008373-1 |language=en}}{{Cite book |last1=Urbani |first1=Bernardo |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uUp6EAAAQBAJ&dq=atet+nefermaat&pg=PA283 |title=World Archaeoprimatology: Interconnections of Humans and Nonhuman Primates in the Past |last2=Youlatos |first2=Dionisios |last3=Antczak |first3=Andrzej T. |date=2022-08-18 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-1-108-48733-7 |language=en}}{{Cite book |last1=Santillian |first1=Beatriz |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cdBhDwAAQBAJ&dq=atet+nefermaat&pg=PP1 |title=Snefru: Pharaoh of the 4th Dynasty |last2=Thomas |first2=Susanna |date=2017-07-15 |publisher=The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc |isbn=978-1-5081-7491-2 |language=en}}