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Princess Sathathoriunet (Sathathor)(Sit hat-hor yunet) Princess Sathathoriunet is believed to have been the daughter of Senwosret II (Usertsen II). Her tomb was discovered in her fathers’ pyramid complex. Inside many beautiful and lavish objects laid untouched. Among them was a piece of jewelry bearing her fathers’ name and another with Senwosret III. This indicates her royal place within the 12th Dynasty. There was also a pectoral or breast plate of gold richly inlaid with carnelian and blue paste. Buttles, Janet R. The Queens of Egypt. London: Archibald Constable & Co. LTD., 1908. 28-30.

1887 B.C. King Senwosret II died and was buried in the pyramid he had built on the desert beside the branch of the Nile which flowed into the Fayyum, at el Lahun. On the southern side of the pyramid there were four pits dug in the rock leading to subterranean tomb chambers for the women of Senworest’s family. The only one who outlived him was his daughter Sithathoriunet whose name means “The daughter of Hat-Hor (Goddess) of Dendereh.”  She was born late in Senwosrets life outliving him by thirty eight years to 1849 B.C.  She was alive to see her both her brother Senwosret III and her nephew Amenemhet III take the throne. This is evidence of having objects within her tomb containing both of their names. It has also been thought that she may have held a higher title such as Queen to her either her brother or her nephew, but there is no surviving evidence to indicate this, since she was not given a title higher than princess on any of her surviving belongings. If she had in fact been given the position of queen it would be expected that she would have been buried by her husband rather than her father. Even though the thieves who plundered her tomb destroyed her body some of her physical characteristics can still be determined. First, she was an extremely small person, very short and slender, with a slim throat and delicate wrists and ankles. (Some of the restored jewelry of the princess has been tried on by a young woman who was 4 ft 9 ½ in and fit perfectly.) The tomb that was built for her was the smallest and roughest of the four on the south side of the pyramid complex. It was an

The Treasure of El Lahun