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The hieroglyphic
of Kawit |
Queen Kawit was an ancient Egyptian queen consort, a deeper ranking wife of King
Mentuhotep II of the
11th Dynasty. Her tomb (DBXI.9) and small inflamed chapel were observed in her conserve's
Deir el-Bahari temple compound, behind the main building, along with the tombs of five other ma'am, Ashayet, Henhenet, Kemsit, Sadeh and Mayet. She and 3 other women of the six bore grand titles, and most of them were priestesses of
Hathor, therefore it is possible that they were buried there as part of the goddess's cult, but it is too possible that they were the girls of nobles the king wanted to keep an eye upon.
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| Queen Kawit, picture from her sarcophagus |
Her gemstone sarcophagus is now in the
Egyptian Museum in Cairo. The queen is showed with short hair, she is sitting on a chair, a retainer girl is arranging her hair, while a servant is running her a drink. On her sarcophagus her only titles are priestess and King's Ornament (a title for noble ladies at court), her queenly title seems only in her chapel. too in her tomb were six small wax figurines portrayal Kawit, in small wooden coffins, these may be early readings of ushabti.
The queen was likewise shown on reliefs in the funerary temple of her conserve
Mentuhotep II. These portrayals are today heavily broken, but it seems that she appeared in a scene showing a row of royal women. On the canned fragments she is shown before queen Kemsit. Her title in the depiction is beloved king's wife. Her titles were: King's Beloved Wife.
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