Egyptian Relief of Princess Sitamun

Egyptian Relief of Princess Sitamun, daughter of Amenhotp III. Petrie Museum, London.

Sitamun (also Sitamen, Satamun; c. 1370 BCE–unknown) was an Ancient Egyptian princess and queen consort during the 18th dynasty.

Sitamun is considered to be the eldest daughter of Pharaoh Amenhotep III and his Great Royal Wife Tiye. She was later married to her father around Year 30 of Amenhotep III’s reign.

The belief that Sitamun was a daughter of Amenhotep and Tiye is based on the presence of objects found in the tomb of Yuya and Thuya, Queen Tiye’s parents, especially a chair bearing her title as the king’s daughter.

She was an aunt of Tutankhamun and vanishes at the end of Amenhotep III’s reign and is not mentioned during Akhenaten’s reign.

A separate chamber was carved for her in Amenhotep III’s tomb in the Valley of the Kings, but there is no evidence that she was ever buried there.