Myt

(fl. 2020 BC)

   Also Tamyt. An intended minor wife or daughter of Mentuhotep II of Dynasty 11. She was commemorated in a chapel at the funerary complex at Deir el-Bahri discovered during Henri Edouard Naville’s excavations at the site. Her largely intact tomb was discovered nearby by an American expedition from the Metropolitan Museum of Art from 1920–1921, and her sarcophagus is now housed in the museum. Her mummy indicates that she was a young child.

   See also Ashayet; Henhenet; Kawit; Kemsit; Nefru; Sadeh; Tem.

Historical Dictionary Of Ancient Egypt by Morris L. Bierbrier