31 agos 1370 anni a. C. - Beketaten, Tiye's daughter

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Beketaten, her name means "Handmaid of Aten" and is considered to be the youngest daughter Tiye, thus the sister of Pharaoh Akhenaten.

Some scholars have speculated that Nebetah was identical with Beketaten. However, no evidence proves that they are the same person.

It has also been suggested that she might be the daughter of Akhenaten and his secondary wife, Kiya. Kiya is shown on a few occasions with a princess whose name ends in -aten. However, the full name of the princess has been lost. It has been speculated that this daughter is Beketaten partially because Beketaten was never named King's Sister in the scenes from Amarna, but only King's Bodily Daughter. After the death of her mother, Beketaten may have been raised by her grandmother Tiye. Because a wine docket of Year 13 mentions Beketaten, it has been proposed that she inherited Kiya's estates after her death.


It is likely that she died young since she is not mentioned in the historical records after Queen Tiye's death. She has been considered as a candidate for the identity of the mummy known as The Younger Lady. The Younger Lady has been identified as daughter of Amenhotep III and Tiye and the mother of Tutankhamun.

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