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Beketaten
Beketaten (14th century BCE) was an Ancient Egyptian princess of the 18th dynasty. Beketaten is considered to be the youngest daughter of Pharaoh Amenhotep III and his Great Royal Wife Tiye, thus the sister of Pharaoh Akhenaten. Her name means "Handmaid of Aten".
Biography.
Beketaten is mainly known from the tomb of Huya, the steward of Queen Tiye in Amarna.
Beketaten is shown with Queen Tiye in two separate banquet scenes. Queen Tiye is shown seated opposite Pharaoh Akhenaten and Queen Nefertiti.
the word variously as Aten, Aton, Atonu, and Itn.
Royal Titulary Names derived from Aten.
- Akhenaten: "Effective spirit of the Aten".
- Akhetaten: "Horizon of the Aten", Akhenaten's capital. The archaeological site is known as Amarna.
- Ankhesenpaaten: "Her life is of the Aten".
- Beketaten: "Handmaid of the Aten".
- Meritaten: "She who is beloved of the Aten".
- Meketaten: "Behold the