What is "tentamun"

Tentamun was an ancient Egyptian princess of the Eighteenth Dynasty during the New Kingdom. She was a daughter of Thutmose IV.

Tentamun died in the same year as her father. She was buried in the Valley of the Kings in tomb KV43 together with her father and with a brother called Amenemhat. A fragment of a canopic jar belonging to Tentamun was found in the tomb. The fragment is now in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.

Tentamun or Tentamen (t3-n.t-ỉmn; "she of Amun") is an ancient Egyptian feminine name. Its notable bearers are:

• Tentamun (18th dynasty), a princess of the 18th dynasty, daughter of Thutmose IV
• Tentamun (20th dynasty), a queen of the 20th dynasty, probably the wife of Ramesses XI
• Tentamun (21st dynasty), a princess and queen of the 21st dynasty, wife of Smendes, probably the daughter of Ramesses XI

Tentamun (“she of Amun”) was an ancient Egyptian queen, most likely the wife of Ramesses XI, last ruler of the 20th dynasty. She is mentioned on the funerary papyrus of her daughter Duathathor-Henuttawy, who was the wife of Pinedjem I and probably the daughter of Ramesses XI. Tentamun's name is written in a cartouche.