Nesitanebetashru
{{hiero|NesitanebetashruRanke, Hermann: Die ägyptische Persönennamen. Verlag von J. J. Augustin in Glückstadt, (in German) (1935)., p. 179.|
Nesitanebetashru (ns-t3-nb.t-ỉšrw) was the name of two ancient Egyptian women. The name means “belonging to the lady of the ashru”; the ashru or isheru was a crescent-shaped sacred lake around the temples of solar goddesses, here it refers to Mut.
21st Dynasty
Nesitanebetashru of the 21st dynasty was a daughter of Pinedjem II, High Priest of Amun, and Neskhons. She is mentioned in the funerary text of her mother, written on a wooden tablet. Her mummy, coffins and ushabtis were found in the tomb TT320 and are now in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.{{dodson}}, p. 208.
Her funeral text, known as the Greenfield papyrus, is one of the longest on record. It is held in the collections of the British Museum.{{cite web|url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG54873|title=Collections Online | British Museum}}
22nd Dynasty
Nesitanebetashru of the 22nd dynasty was the wife of High Priest of Amun, Shoshenq and the mother of Pharaoh Harsiese A. She was also a Chantress of Amun. She is mentioned on a statue of Bes.Dodson & Hilton; op.cit., p. 221. Her husband was previously thought to be identical with Pharaoh Shoshenq II.{{cite journal|author=Jacquet-Gordon, Helen|title=Review of 'K.A. Kitchen's "The Third Intermediate Period in Egypt(1100-650 BC)"|journal=Bibliotheca Orientalis|volume=32|issue=5/6|date=September–November 1975|pages=358–360}}
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External links
- [http://anubis4_2000.tripod.com/subpages1/NestanebetashruShrine.htm Mummy of Nesitanebetashru (21st dynasty)]
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Category:10th-century BC Egyptian women
Category:9th-century BC Egyptian women