Abdikheba 41
Abu Simbel 140
Abydos 15, 40, 64, 86, 117, 135, 144, 146, 162, 163, 165, plate 9
acacia 63
Actium, battle of 158
adolescence 53–8, 110, 111, 120, 137
Africa 48, 49, 93, 147, 159 see also Nubia
Africanus 145
aggression (in women and deities) 8, 34–9, 52, 106, 130, 131, 151, 152, 161, 169–70, 176see also passion and warfare
aging 29, 31, 54, 69–72, 120, 146
Aha (deity) 113
Ahhotep I, mother of Ahmose I, wife of king Taa II 33, 145, 146, 148
Ahhotep II, Lady and King’s Wife 33, 39
Ahmes Nefertari 87, 145, 146–7, 148, 153, 156
Ahmes, mother of Hatshepsut 149
Akhenaten (Amenhotep IV) 70, 105, 154–7
Akhethotep 82
Aksha 118
alcohol 2, 3, 29, 51, 69, 75, 79, 167, 168–70
Alexander Helios 158
Alexandria 158
Amarna 66, 68, 69, 70, 74, 75, 77, 78, 105, 108, 119, 120, 138, 139, 141, 142, 154, 155, 156, 157
Amduat 164
Amenemhat I, Instruction of 37, 143
Amenemhat II 132
Amenemhat III 145
Amenemhat IV 145
Amenhotep III 67, 79, 96, 105, 132, 133, 134, 140, 141, 142, 156
Amenhotep IV (Akhenaten) 70, 105, 154–7
amulet 14, 19, 20, 55, 60, 62, 63, 64, 66, 67, 113, 124, 125, 132, plate 3
Amun 7, 87, 88, 89, 90, 92, 104, 146, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 173, 175
see also priestess
Amunet 113–19
anaemia 69
ancestor bust 46
ancestor stela 46
androgyny 38, 100, 101, 104–7, 121, 126, 130, 148, 159, 164, 195
Ankhren 42
Antifi qer 93
Anubis (in Tale of Two Brothers) 35, 78, 81
ape or monkey 5, 108, 118, plate 10
Apis bull 127
Apophis 125
apotropaic wands 62–3, 64 113, 124, 173
arousing, of the male by the female 2, 3, 70, 72, 89, 100, 102, 105, 109, 125, 129, 162
Ashayt 135
Arsinoe II 159
Arsinoe IV 158
Asiatics 67, 140, 152 see also Hyksos
Assmann, Jan 166
Astarte 55
Atemet 106
Athena 164
Baker, Brenda 40
Bat 15, 16, 17, 92, 173, 180, plate 2
Bata (in Tale of Two Brothers) 35, 78, 102
Baumgartel, Elise 14, 17, 180, 181
Beautiful Festival of the Valley 91, 93, 96, 151, 173
beds 61, 64, 81, 102, 107, 108, 133, 143, 177
lit clos 119–20
women’s beds 64
beer 2, 3, 29, 69, 75, 79, 168–70
Berenice II 84
Berlin and Nefertiti 6, 154, 155, 157
Bes 53, 54, 62, 63, 64, 74, 82, 100, 106, 107, 112, 113, 114, 116, 118, 119, 168, 173, plate 12
Bintanath 134
birds 3, 17, 20, 36, 102, 109, 131, 138, 165, 180, plate 9
vulture 90, 131, 155, 161, 162, 175
black (skin colour of people) 6, 48, 49, 64, 89, 115–16, 147, 159
bone collector 95
Book of the Dead 16, 42, 106, 125, 131
Book of the Heavenly Cow 169
Boston Museum of Fine Art 23
breasts 55, 63, 105, 106–7, 110, 112, 115, 118, 120, 121, 124, 125, 155, 180
breast feeding 4, 9, 10, 31, 48, 63–4, 66–8, 69, 70, 73, 74, 76, 82, 83, 107, 112, 119, 153, 154
bride-price 40, 42–3, 48, 58, 141
Brunner-Traut, Emma 63
Bruyère, Bernard 119
Bryan, Betsy 168–9
burials
C-ware 18
Caesar, Julius 158
Carter, Howard 153
cartouche 88, 89, 145, 153, 156, 173
cow goddess 14–18, 97, 124, 131, 153, 161, 162, 164, 165, 169, 173, 174
Chantress 73, 90, 91–2, 109, 154, 173 see also priestess
childbirth 3, 8, 10, 14, 27, 51, 60–5, 82, 93, 119–20, 162, 167 see also procreation
parallel with rebirth 124
childcare 4–5, 10, 21, 45, 61, 120, 165–9 see also mother
children
of the nursery 137
princesses 25, 30, 34, 35, 52, 88, 93, 97, 132, 137, 140–1, 145, 155, 188
class and gender formation 10–11, 21
class and social mobility 8, 26, 47
Cleopatra I 13, 84, 157–9, plate 17
Cleopatra VII 13
click beetle 163
clothing 76–7
of dancers 93
of God’s Wife of Amun 90
mss-garment 80
see through 5, 36, 110, 122, 137
V-necked 54
wrap dress 36
coded imagery09–13
coffi n 7, 9, 31, 39, 40, 66, 80, 88, 94, 102, 109, 112, 125, 126, 147, 155, 181, 162, 173
Coffi n Texts 107, 164, 167, 174
colour symbolism 20, 45, 115–16, 147, 155
coming of age 53–8
conscription 76
Contendings of Horus and Seth (P. Chester Beatty I) 37, 49, 103, 127, 165
contraceptives 60
Coptic Church 96
Coptos 165
cosmetics 15, 112, 113, 119, 140, 181 see also palettes (cosmetic)
creation 103–6 see also procreation
crime, punishment for 7, 44, 73, 114, 144
dance 17, 26, 62–4, 76, 81–2, 85, 89–90, 92–3, 95, 127, 137, 167, 168, 169, 172,plate 8
day bed 119–20
Debeheni 93
Deir el-Bahri 113–19, 132, 133, 146, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 185, pls. 14 and 16
Deir el-Medina 2, 3, 4, 10, 31, 41, 42, 43, 44, 46, 49, 51, 52, 56, 57, 59, 63, 64, 65, 66, 71, 72, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 83, 84, 102, 107, 111, 113, 119, 120, 181, 185, 188
Deshasha 38
Dinka 17
Dispute between and Man and his Ba 168
Divine Adoratrice 2, 28, 85, 86–90, 146, plate 5 and 7
divine birth 133, 134, 148, 149
divorce 4, 33, 34, 41, 42–4, 57, 58, 59, 101, 158
Djari 75
Djau 92
Djehuty, stela of 151
Djeser-djeser 152
Djet 144
domestic piety 46, 61, 97, 113, 116, 119–20, 185
dowry 141
duality of womanhood 5–6, 34–7, 170
earth, male gender of 2, 20, 101, 162
ecstatic/mystic religion 96, 121–2, 166–9, 202
elderly 9, 31, 54, 69–72, 120, 146
embracing 103, 109, 135, plate 14
emotion and passion 6, 8, 94–5, 170
Engel, Friedrich 10
exposing of genital area 127, 167
Eye of Re/Horus 36, 105, 106, 130, 131, 132, 152, 161, 169, 174, 177
faience 35, 60-1, 113, 115-8, 138, 174, 175
fat 70, 106, 107, 110, 121, 153
Festivals
Beautiful Festival of the Valley 91, 93, 96, 151, 173
Bubastis 127
Drunkenness 168–9
sed–festival 90, 91, 96, 137, 140, 176
Feteka 29
Filer, Joyce 40
First Tale of Setne Kaemwes 36, 58, 81
fl y whisk 82
food preparation 75
foreign women 38, 55, 67, 70, 93, 130, 137, 139, 141–2, 151
funerals 91, 92, 94–5, 142, 165 see also mourners
gender
defining 10
fluidity 100, 104, 123–6, 129, 159
social constructions of 10
physical separation by gender 51–2, 76
gendering objects 46
genital mutilation 54–5
Gilukhepa 141
Goldberg, Marilyn 46
golden fl y 39
green 20
grinding of grain 4, 9, 70, 71, 74, 75, 76
guards (female) 38, 184 footnote 25
Gurob (Mi–Wer) 49, 71, 78, 117, 137, 138–40, 141
Hagarseh 58
hair and wigs 5, 20, 31, 52, 54, 55, 63, 65, 70, 72, 90, 91, 93, 108, 111, 112, 116, 121, 139, 195
hairdresser 84
hairpins 19
hand clappers 167
hand of the creator god 89, 104, 105, 167
Hapi 106
‘harem’ of Montuhotep II 113–9, 135–6
Haslauer, Elfriede 144
Hassan, Fekri 14–5, 17, 21, 179, 180, 181, 182
Hathor 3, 6, 14, 15, 16, 17, 21, 22, 37, 46, 54, 60, 64, 79, 81, 90, 91, 92–3, 96–97, 100, 102, 105, 106, 109, 110, 111, 113, 124, 126, 127, 130, 131, 132–3, 136, 137, 152, 153, 155, 161, 162, 164, 165, 166–70, 174, 175, 176, 181, 201, plates 2 and 6
epithets Lady of Byblos 167
Lady of Drunkenness 168
Lady of the Dance 127, 167, 168
Golden One 96
Priestesses of 25–8, 30, 61, 73, 75, 86, 113–9, 135–6
Hatnofer and Ramose 148
Hatres 78
Hatshepsut 39, 83, 86, 87, 90, 93, 106, 115, 129, 132, 133, 134, 140, 145, 147–54, 156, 159–69, 200, plates 7, 8, 15 and 16
proscription 153–4
Hawara 145
Hawass, Zahi 153
health 69 see also childbirth, medicine and nutrition
headdress 90, 97, 131, 132, 140, 142, 145, 149, 150, 155, 156, 173, 175
nemes-headdress 132, 145, 149, 175
height, average 69
Hekat 62
Henuttawy 109
Hermopolis Law Code 42
Herodotus 1, 33, 79, 85, 127, 174, 202
Hibis, temple of 106
Hierakonpolis 15, 16, 152, 179–80
hippopotami 19, 51, 62, 63, 162, 173, 176
Hittite 142
homosexuality 100, 101, 103–4, 129, 194
Horemheb 62
Horemwia 44
Horus 37, 49, 64, 103, 124, 127, 130, 132, 145, 163, 165, 174 see also Eye of Re/Horus
household, size 75
hunting 20, 36, 47, 79, 140, 163, 164
Huy 84
hysteria 69
Ibeb 24
Ib-Neith 75
Idut 52
Ihy 52
impotence 125
imyt-per 42
infant burials 3–4, 65–6 see also burials of children
Inscription of Mes 40
Instruction of Amenemhat I 37, 143
Instruction of Amenemope 71
Instructions of Ani 35, 43, 46, 47, 53, 65, 66, 68
Instructions of Ankhsheshonk 36, 42, 81
Instruction to Merikare 71
Instructions of Ptahhotep 35, 46
Inti 38
inundation 20, 56, 101, 162, 169
ipt nsw 134, 136–8, 139, 140, 144
Ir 55–6
iri khet and iri iru 26–7, 129, 145
Irinefer 70
Iryky 66
Isis 3, 14, 20, 55, 64, 68, 72, 80, 88, 90, 95, 100, 102, 105, 114, 124, 127, 130, 147, 149, 159, 162, 163, 164–6, 174, plate 9
Ismant el-Kharab 78
Iti 24
Iutenheb 59
Janssen, Rosalind 71
jewellery 4, 10, 66, 111, 132, 137, 140, 142, 154
earrings 34
girdle 54, 61, 107, 108, 111, 118, 119
golden fl y necklace 39
menit-necklace 26, 90, 91, 93, 94, 95, 96–7, 110, 132, 140, 166, 167, 175
Julius Caesar 158
Kadashman–Enlil 142
Kaemhesit 38
Kahun/Lahun 28, 29, 42, 51, 52, 55, 59, 61, 65, 69, 75, 77, 116, 136, 145
Kahun Gynaecological Papyrus (UC 32057) 61, 69
Kamose 39
Karnak 39, 87, 89, 90, 106, 146, 152, 154, 155–6, 168, 173, 175, plate 6
Red Chapel 86, 90, 150, 152, plate 7 and 8
Kellis 78
Khafre 17
khener 16–7, 92–3, 94, 95, 96, 136–40, 144, 174, 180
Kheruef 91, 93, 96, 133, 137, 140
Khety 107
Khons 27
King’s Mother 21, 22, 23–4, 25, 38, 39, 48, 87, 93, 103, 110, 129, 130, 149, 150, 155, 156, 159, 160, 172, 175
King’s Wife 135–6
King’s Principal Wife 23, 24, 38, 87, 129, 130, 133, 134, 140, 141, 142, 146, 147, 154, 155, 172
kingship 4, 14, 16, 25, 27, 30, 87, 90, 105, 106, 129, 130, 131, 133, 142, 144–5, 149, 151, 163, 174, 195
knives 19, 38, 62, 63, 77, 124, 161, 174
knots 63
Kom Ombo 152
Kush (Nubia) 31, 60, 64, 89, 115, 116–7, 148, 151, 152, 155, 169–70
Lahun/Kahun 28, 29, 42, 51, 52, 55, 59, 61, 65, 69, 75, 77, 116, 136, 145
lector priests 26, 27, 52, 94,
Legrain, George 132
Libya 31, 35, 89, 93, 116, 169
life expectancy 4, 69 see also aging
lions/lioness 3, 36, 37, 86, 96, 106, 109, 113, 131–2, 154, 161, 169, 176
lit clos 119–20
lotus 5, 55, 103, 108, 112, 168, 174
love poems 2, 57, 81, 99, 112, 121–3
Ma’amerieh 17
Maat 20, 37, 38, 90, 94, 130, 161, 175
Mahasna 19
make-up 15, 112, 113, 119, 140, 157, 181
male bodies 121
Malqata 138
mandrake 112
Manetho 145
manicurists 84
Marcus Lepidus 158
Mark Anthony 158
marriage 4, 33, 41, 47, 48, 53, 54–5, 57–9, 60, 88, 122–3, 132, 133–44, 154, 172
Maspero, Gaston 114
masturbation 89, 104, 105, 106, 167
matrilineal descent 20, 47–9, 133–4, 172
Kahun Gynaecological Papyrus 61, 69
Medinet-Gurob (Mi-wer) 49, 71, 78, 117, 137, 138–40, 141
Medinet Habu 90, 137–8, 140, plate 5
menit-necklace 26, 90, 91, 93, 94, 95, 96–7, 110, 132, 140, 166, 167, 175
Mentuhotep II 27, 31, 61, 113–19, 132, 133, 135–6, 152, 166, plate 14
Merefnebef 58
Meresankh 86
Merinebti-ankheteti 38
Meritamun 27, 87, 146, 148, plate 13
Mertz, Barbara 172
Mery-Aha 58
Merytre 94
Mes, Inscription of 40
Meskell, Lynn 49, 179, 181, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197
Messala 158
Metternich-stela 80
midwives 67, 73, 82, 120, 124, 167
milk 15, 21, 22, 51, 60, 67–8, 83, 124
Min 17, 26, 86, 87, 90, 136, 165, 175
mirrors 53, 54, 63, 65, 72, 96, 112, 113, 167–8
Mistress of the House 28, 39, 46, 47, 48, 53, 55, 57, 59, 74, 88, 91
Mistress of the Mansion 166
Mistress of the Two Lands 89, 145, 146, 148, 156
Mi–wer (Medinet Gurob) 49, 71, 78, 117, 137, 138–40, 141 see also Gurob
monkey or ape 5, 108, 118, plate 10
mother 40, 45, 48, 59, 61–9, 72, 75, 82, 83, 87, 95, 100, 102, 104–6, 107, 109, 119, 120, 122, 123, 125, 130, 131, 134, 135, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 159, 177
see also childbirth, Wochenlaube
Mother Earth 101
Mother Goddess 13, 14–18, 102, 124, 130–1, 132, 148, 159, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 174, 175
mother, king’s 21, 22, 23–4, 25, 38, 39, 48, 87, 93, 103, 110, 129, 130, 149, 150, 155, 156, 159, 160, 172, 175
mother, single 33
mourning 65, 66, 73, 76, 94–5, 121, 165
Mummy, Th e (fi lm) 1
music 16–17, 26, 28, 33, 73, 81–2, 85, 89–93, 95–7, 107, 111, 113, 118, see khener 127, 137, 139, 167, 172, 175
Mut 6, 35, 37, 88, 106, 130, 152, 155, 161, 168, 169, 175, 195
Mutnedjemet 62
mysticism/ecstatic religion 96, 121–2, 166–9, 202
nakedness 31, 53, 54, 60, 61, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 119, 120, 121, 122, 155, 162
Nakht 77
Narmer palette 16
Nebet, Lady 84
Nebethetep 167
Nefer 93
Neferet and Samut 70
Neferhetepes 25
Neferhotep 94
Nefernefruaten 157
Neferrenput 45
Nefertari (Ahmes) 87, 145, 146–7, 148, 153, 156
Nefertiti 6, 38, 70, 90, 138, 145, 154–7, 200
Neferure 87, 90, 140, 141, 147, 148, 150, plate 7
Neferu 135
Neferuptah 145
Negative Confessions 42
Neith 18, 79, 86, 106, 163–4, 175, 202
Nekhbet 131
Nekheb 16
Nekhemmut 102
Nephthys 20, 90, 95, 114, 162, 164–6
Neskhons 31
Niankhnum and Khnumhotep 29, 66, 103
Nile 20, 77, 78, 106, 135, 147, 158, 162, 165, 169, 170
Nubia(Kush) 31, 60, 64, 89, 115, 116–7, 148, 151, 152, 155, 169–70
Nut 68, 102, 110, 124, 148, 161–2, 163, 164
nurturing, female role 6, 8, 15, 18, 45, 49, 100–1, 105, 129, 130, 161, 166
objectifi cation of women 49–50
Octavia 159
Octavian 158
Opening of the Mouth Ceremony 94, 124
oracle 150
ostraca showing sexual scenes 107–9
ostraca
O. Berlin 10627 102
O. British Museum 65930 (Nash I) 44
O. Oriental Institute Museum 13512 56
Osiris 2, 3, 49, 60, 72, 86, 89, 95, 100, 102, 104, 109, 115, 123, 125, 126, 130, 147, 153, 156, 162, 164, 165, 166, 173, 174, 175, 212, pls 9 and 16
overseers, women 16, 25, 26, 29, 71, 78, 82, 84, 91, 92, 94, 137, 139
Paheri 168
Palermo Stone 24–4
palettes (cosmetic) 15–16, 19, 20, 176, 181,plate 1
Panehsy 156
Papyri
P. Anastasi IV 81
P. Berlin 3027 (Spells for Mother and Child) 65, 68
P. Berlin 3033 (Westcar) 5, 43, 53, 63, 64, 81, 82, 93, 120, 167
P. British Museum 10018 109
P. British Museum 10060 (Harris 500) 121
P. British Museum 10183, (D’Orbiney, Tale of Two Brothers) 35, 43, 47, 78, 81, 102, 103, 111, 121
P. British Museum 10188 (Bremner–Rhind) 104, 114
P. British Museum 10416 42
P. Carlsberg XIII 104
P. Chester Beatty I (Th e Contendings of Horus and Seth) 37, 49, 103, 127, 165
P. Lee 143
P. Stato Civile 71
P. Wilbour 41
P. Rollin 143
P. Turin 5501 (Turin Erotic papyrus) 49, 54, 81, 107–9, 111, 112, 119, plate 11
P. UC 32057 (Kahun Gynaecological Papyrus) 61, 69
P. UC 32795 139
Turin Judical Papyus 143
Pashedu 70
passive, of women 5, 23, 34–7, 49, 103, 107, 110, 122, 131, 145, 148, 151, 156
Peikharu 7
pension 72
Pentewere 144
perfume 5, 10, 84, 122, 149–50, 168
Peseshet, Lady 82
Petrie, William F. 28, 65–6, 117, 140, 180, 181, 197
phallus 3, 18, 37, 100, 101, 102, 104, 107, 109–10, 125, 127, 164
ithyphallic 17, 19, 37, 106, 110, 175
Pinch, Geraldine 116
Piramesse 41
plague 157
poems, love 2, 57, 81, 99, 112, 121–3
Pompey 158
pregnancy tests 61
priestess 9, 28, 32, 52, 56, 73, 85–97, 105, 167, 171, 176, 187
of Hathor 21, 22, 25–8, 30, 61–2, 73, 113–9, 132, 135–6
God’s Wife of Amun and Divine Adoratrice 2, 28, 85, 86–90, 146, plate 5 and 7
primeval gods 18, 100, 104, 105, 106, 164
princes 138, 155, 188 see also royal children
princess 25, 30, 34, 35, 52, 88, 93, 97, 132, 137, 140–1, 145, 155, 188 see also royal children
prison 44
procreation 2, 43, 46, 49, 53–61, 99, 100, 101–3, 99–127, 129–34, 162, 171 see also childbirth
property ownership 4, 10–11, 33, 41–2, 43–4, 58, 72, 75, 87, 88, 172
prostitution 2, 34, 80–2, 112, 113–4, 172
protection, female role 63, 124, 127–32, 152, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 176, 177
Ptolemy XIII 158
Ptolemy XIV 158
Ptolemy Philadelphos 158
punishment for crime 7, 44, 73, 114, 144
purity 26, 27–8, 55–6, 62, 64–5, 88, 92 see also wab–priest
pyramid 13, 16, 24, 38, 132, 144, 145
Pyramid Texts 16, 20, 102, 104–5, 125, 145, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 174, 176, 180
Rabiya-al-Adawiyya 121
Radjedef 25
Rameses II 27, 134, 135, 139, 140, 141, plate 13
Rameses VI 88
Ramose, tomb of (TT55) 155
Ramose and Hatnofer, father and mother of Senenmut 148
Re 36, 37, 105, 106, 109, 126, 130, 131, 132, 145, 148, 152, 161, 162, 164, 165, 167, 169, 174, 176, 177
Re-Horakhty 127
Red Chapel, Karnak 86, 90, 93, 150, 152, plate 7 and 8
Redford, Susan 143
Redjet 64
regent 24, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 154, 156, 157, 158, 160
Redjet 64
Rekhmire 62
Return of the Distant One 169–70
right and left 36
Robins, Gay 172
Romer, John 150
Routledge, Carolyn 26–7, 183, 184, 198, 200
royal children 66, 136, 138, 140–1
Ryan, Donald P. 153
Sahure 135
same sex relations 100, 101, 103–4, 129, 194
sanitary towels 55
Saqqara 2, 16, 29, 38, 55, 66, 93, 96, 103, 105, 212, 220
scrything 167–8
secondary products revolution 21, 22
sed-festival 90, 91, 96, 137, 140, 176
Sehel 151
Sekhmet 6, 37, 105, 106, 131, 152, 161, 169–70, 176
semen 101
sem-priest 94
Semna 148
Senebei 26
Senebtisi 111
Senusret II 145
Senusret III 105
Serebit el-Khadem 138
servants (of people) 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 25, 29, 39, 40, 43, 53, 54, 55, 58, 59, 65, 73, 76, 81, 82, 107, 110, 111, 143
Seth 37, 49, 60, 103, 127, 132, 162, 163, 165, 166, 176
sex
defi ning 10
sexual positions 107
Sextus Empiricis 114
Shedenakht 7
Shu 89, 104, 156, 162, 169, 170
Shutturna II 141
sidelock of youth 54
Singers in the Interior 92
sistrum 26, 35, 90, 91, 93, 94, 95–7, 111, 133, 140, 166, 167, 176, 196, plate 8
skin colour 2, 5, 45, 115–6, 125–6, 147, 155, 159, 210
sky-goddess 15–16, 20, 102, 110, 162, 164, 167
slaves 8
Smenkare 157
snake 62, 64, 80, 124, 131, 143, 158, 165
cobra/uraeus 90, 106, 130, 131, 132, 150, 152, 155, 161, 175, 176, 177
Sobekneferu 39, 106, 129, 145, 148, 149, 160
Sole Lady in Waiting 115
Soleb 140
Solomon 142
Song of the Harper 121
Song of Solomon 121
Speos Artemidos 151, 152, plate 15
sphinx 131, 132, 148–9, 156, 176
Orion 15
state formation and gender 11, 21, 24 see also kinship
Strabo 54–5
sun disk 90, 133, 155, 156, 162, 165 plate 17
Swansea, Egypt Centre 64
Sweeney, Deborah 70
Szpakowska, Kasia 104
Taa I 148
Taa II 146
Taaper 7
Tabubu 81
Tahet 78
Tale of Neferkare and Sasenet 103
Tale of Sinuhe 35, 97, 132, 140
Tale of the Doomed Prince 57
Tale of the Eloquent Peasant 9, 75
Tale of the Herdsman 35
Tale of Two Brothers (P. British Museum 10183, D’Orbiney) 35, 43, 47, 78, 81, 102, 103, 111, 121
Taweret 46, 60, 62, 63, 64, 116, 119, 124, 176,plate 3
Tayet 79
Taylor, Elizabeth 158
Tchat 84
Tefnut 89, 104, 156, 161, 169, 170
Tehneh 27
Tem 135
Tener–Monthu 43–4
Teti (daughter of Sa-inheret) 76
textiles 2, 22, 28–9, 73, 74, 77–9, 81, 137, 139, 204, 227
Th inis 76
Th utmose (sculptor) 157
Th utmose III 31, 67, 138, 141–2, 147, 149, 151–4
titles (of women) 25
King’s Wife 135–6
King’s Principal Wife 23, 24, 38, 87, 129, 130, 133, 134, 140, 141, 142, 146, 147, 154, 155, 172
King’s Mother 21, 22, 23–4, 25, 38, 39, 48, 87, 93, 103, 110, 129, 130, 149, 150, 155, 156, 159, 160, 172, 175
Mistress of the House 28, 39, 46, 47, 48, 53, 55, 57, 59, 74, 88, 91
Sole Lady in Waiting 115
Chantress
Tiy (queen) 70, 96, 132, 133, 134, 143, 144, 155, 156
Tiy (wife of Ay) 154
Tiy (Lady, Chief of Weavers) 139
trade 2, 22, 29–30, 34, 47, 55, 74, 77, 78, 79–80, 139, 151–2 see also weavers
treasurer 84
tree-goddess 162
Truth and Falsehood 35, 36, 59
tuberculosis 69
Turin Erotic Papyrus (see P. Turin 5501) 49, 54, 81, 107–9, 111, 112, 119, plate 11
Turin Judicial Papyrus 143
Tutankhamun 7, 39, 102, 111, 142, 154, 157, 169
Tyt 151
uraeus 90, 106, 131, 132, 150, 152, 155, 176, 177
virginity 57
vizier 25, 41, 52, 58, 72, 84, 88, 177
vulture 90, 131, 155, 161, 162, 175
Wadi Sikkat Taka el–Zeidi 148
Wah 42
warfare 20, 21, 37–9, 40, 79, 129, 151, 164
Watethethor 93
wealth distribution by sex 4, 10, 33, 41–2, 172
weavers 2, 5, 22, 28–9, 47, 71, 77–9, 139 see also textiles
Weni 136
Weret–imtes 143
wet nurse 4, 10, 48, 66–8, 73–83, 154
Winlock, Herbert 115
wise women 80
Wochenlaube 63–5, 67, 112, 119, 177
economic value 29, 46, 58, 74, 79–80
wrestling 38
youthfulness, desirability of for women 57, 69–72, 110-11
zikr 167