Siptah

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Siptah
Rule1194 - 1188 BC.
PredecessorFather Seti II
Motherconcubine Sutailja
Nomen (meaning of name)The Son of Ptah
Dynasty19th Dynasty
Consortsunknown
Capital cityMemphis
Achievementsnone
Burial Valley of Kings - KV47
Reburied in Deir el Bahri cache KV35
SuccesorStep mother Tawosret

  • Siptah was only a child of ten or eleven years when he assumed power
  • He was under the regency of his step-mother Tawosret and Chancellor Bay.
  • Chancellor Bay, however, later fell out of favour at Court and last appears in public in a dated Year 4 inscription from Siptah's reign. He was executed in the fifth Year of Siptah's reign, on orders of the Pharaoh himself.
  • An examination of his mummy revealed that he died around age 16 and likely suffered from polio
  • After his death, Tawosret assumed the throne and ruled Egypt as a Queen for another 2 Years.

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