Ancient Egyptian Forum

Tadukhipa · Posted: Tue May 13, 2003 4:22 am Post subject: Beketaten

Not exactly a queen but I wasn't sure what folder to put this up in. Who do you think she was? I think that she was Tiye's daughter born just before Amenhotep III died. Any other theories?
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Kiya · Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2003 1:20 pm Post subject:

Yes I have always been lead to believe she was the youngest daughter of Tiy and Amenhotep but I have even read somewhere that someone thinks she might have been the daughter of Tiy by Akhenaten?????
Strangely enough I don't think many egyptologists give credence to her being Tiy/Amenhotep's daughter. Most history books will state that they had three or four daughters but Baketaten isn't one of those named.

Sitamun · Servant Joined: 03 Feb 2004 Posts: 5 Location: MD

One of the theories I heard some where is she was Sitamun with a name change.
I also heard she might have been the daughter of Sitamun and her father Amenhotep lll. Sitamun is mention as possible candidate as the mother of Tutankhamen.
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Meritaton · Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2004 8:36 am Post subject:

I think she is the daughter of Tiye and Amenhotep III. I don't believe she is Akhenaten's daughter. Although there were father-daughter and brother-sister marriages in royal families, there were no mother-son marriages in Egypt. I read somewhere that they found the mere idea of it as disgusting as we do, but I think it had a more practical reason: an old man and a young woman can have children, but an old woman and a young man not. So there were no mother-son marriages.

If we accept the theory of a longer co-regency, then Baketaten can easily be the daughter of Amenhotep III, born around the yr33/yr5. If we don't accept the co-regency then Tiye was over 50 when Baketaten was born which makes it unlikely that she was her child.

I think Sitamun was too old at that time (no offense meant, Sitamun...) and Baketaten always seems to be about the same age as Akhenaten's daughters. Tyldesley writes Baketaten is possibly Princess Nebetah under a new name. (Nebetah was the youngest daughter of Amenhotep and Tiye if we don't count Baketaten.)

Guest · Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2004 10:09 pm Post subject:

I don't think there is any way she could be the daughter of Akhenaten. There is an inscription somewhere at Amarna that shows Tiy visiting Amarna with the young Princess Baketaten. If she was Akhenaten's daughter she would already be i residence would she not?

Ankhesenpa-aten · Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2004 4:10 pm Post subject:

I don't think I've ever heard of Baketaten before...

Maybe I have, but I don't know too much about her...
Perhaps she's daughter of a minor nobel/ minor princess? Part of Akhenaten's harem?
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Meritaton · Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2004 8:34 pm Post subject:

No, she is definitely Tiye's daughter, at least the inscriptions say so.

(well... in the novel I'm writing now she is a daughter of one of Akhenaten's elder sister and Tiye pretends that Beketaten is her child 'cause she doesn't want people know that she is an illegitimate child... but it's only my guess Smile

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Sekhmet · Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2004 7:42 am Post subject:

Meritaton · Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2004 1:37 pm Post subject:

Thanks!
I think Sitamun is a sister of Amehnotep, not his daughter. If she was adopted, it really makes sense.
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Lady Neferankh · Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2004 8:00 pm Post subject:

Could you please tell me where you read that Baketamon might actually be the same person as Sitamon only with a different name?It sounds interesting reminds me of the Nefertiti/Smenkhara theory.

Kiya · Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2005 9:27 pm Post subject:

Originally posted by Meritaton