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Semat (fl. c. 2950 BC) was an Ancient Egyptian Queen, who was a wife of the King Den. She was buried near him in Abydos.

Very little is known about Semat besides a stela discovered near Den's tomb in Abydos. She held the titles of

M33.t-Ḥr.(w) Maat-Hor "She who sees Horus"	Rnm.t-Stš Renmet-Setesh "She who carries Seth"

Both of these titles were associated with queens in ancient Egypt. Semat was not the only woman identified from funerary stela. Other women whose funerary stela were found near Den's tomb are Seshemetka and Serethor.

The stela was in the Egyptian Museum of Berlin, but was destroyed during World War 2.

References

1. Silke Roth: Die Königsmütter des Alten Ägypten. P 382.
2. Grajetzki, Ancient Egyptian Queens: A Hieroglyphic Dictionary, Golden House Publications, London, 2005, ISBN 978-0-9547218-9-3
3. Tyldesley, Joyce. Chronicle of the Queens of Egypt. Thames & Hudson. 2006. ISBN 0-500-05145-3
4. *Geoffrey Thorndike Martin: Umm el-Qaab VII, Private Stelae of the Early Dynastic Period from the Royal Cemetery at Abydos, Archäologischer Veröffentlichungen 123, Wiesbaden 2011, ISBN 978-3-447-06256-5, p. 100-101, no. 129, pl. 35.

External links

• Francesco Raffaele: Queen Semat (English)
• List of tombs at Abydos

v t e First Dynasty of Ancient Egypt
Pharaohs	Menes/Narmer Hor-Aha Djer Djet Den Anedjib Semerkhet Qa'a
Regents	Neithhotep Merneith
Queen consorts	Benerib Herneith Penebui Nakhtneith Khenthap Semat Serethor Seshemetka Betrest
Officials	Amka Hemaka Sabef Meriiti
Other people	Ahaneith
Artefacts and monuments	Narmer macehead Narmer palette Den seal impressions Abydos boats MacGregor plaque Mastabas S3503 and S3504
Capital	Thinis

• 30th-century BC women
• Queens consort of the First Dynasty of Egypt
• Den (pharaoh)