Scarab Inscribed for the God's Wife Hatshepsut, Living Forever ca. 1479–1458 New Kingdom The base of this scarab is inscribed "the God's Wife Hatshepsut, living forever." In the late Seventeenth early Eighteenth Dynasties, the title God's Wife was held by the principal queen or the queen mother. Hatshepsut inherited the title while she served as principal queen of her half-brother, Thutmose II. Later, shortly after she took on the titles of king, Hatshepsut passed the title on to her daughter, Neferure (see scarab ).. Scarab Inscribed for the God's Wife Hatshepsut, Living Forever.
Scarab Inscribed for the God's Wife Hatshepsut, Living Forever ca. 1479–1458 New Kingdom The base of this scarab is inscribed "the God's Wife Hatshepsut, living forever." In the late Seventeenth early Eighteenth Dynasties, the title God's Wife was held by the principal queen or the queen mother. Hatshepsut inherited the title while she served as principal queen of her half-brother, Thutmose II. Later, shortly after she took on the titles of king, Hatshepsut passed the title on to her daughter, Neferure (see scarab ).. Scarab Inscribed for the God's Wife Hatshepsut, Living Forever. ca. 1479–1458 Steatite (glazed). New Kingdom. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, Temple of Hatshepsut, Foundation Deposit 9 (I), MMA excavations, 1926–27. Dynasty 18, early
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