Betrest

Betrest in hieroglyphs
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tir
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tB1

Batiires
Bꜣ.ti ir.s
May Bata be favorably disposed toward her[1]
  Mother of Pharaoh Semerkhet

Betrest (also read as Batyires,[2] and Batires[3]) was a queen of Ancient Egypt. She lived during the First Dynasty.

  1. ^ Silke Roth: Die Königsmütter des Alten Ägypten von der Frühzeit bis zum Ende der 12. Dynastie. Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 2001, ISBN 3-447-04368-7, page 384.
  2. ^ Aidan Dodson & Dyan Hilton: The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt. Thames & Hudson, 2004, ISBN 0-500-05128-3
  3. ^ Grajetski Ancient Egyptian Queens: a hieroglyphic dictionary Golden House Publications, pg. 4-5