Arty (Queen)

Arty was a Nubian King's wife dated to the Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt.[2]

Arty
Queen consort of Nubia and Egypt
Royal Wife
Burial
Ku. 6 in El-Kurru
SpousePharaoh Shebitku
Full name
Arty
Dynasty25th Dynasty of Egypt
FatherKing Piye

[1]
Arty
in hieroglyphs

Arty was a daughter of King Piye and was the wife of Shebitku. She is known from Cairo Statue 49157 from Karnak. Her name is mentioned on the base of a statue of Haremakhet.[1]

She was buried in the necropolis at El-Kurru, in tomb Ku.6.[2]

References

  1. Dows Dunham and M. F. Laming Macadam, Names and Relationships of the Royal Family of Napata, The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, Vol. 35 (Dec., 1949), pp. 142
  2. Aidan Dodson & Dyan Hilton: The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt. Thames & Hudson, 2004, ISBN 0-500-05128-3, p.236-238


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