Menhet, Menwi and Merti, were three minor foreign-born wives of the Eighteenth Dynasty pharaoh Thutmose III who were buried in a lavishly furnished rock-cut tomb in Wady Gabbanat el-Qurud near Luxor, Egypt. The names all fit into Canaanite name forms, although their ultimate origin is unknown. A West Semitic origin is likely, but both West Semitic and Hurrian derivations have been suggested for Manuwai. Each of the wives bear the title of King's Wife, and were likely only minor members of the royal harem. It is not known if the women were related as the faces on the lids of their canopic jars are all different.
Menhet, Menwi and Merti, were three minor foreign-born wives of the Eighteenth Dynasty pharaoh Thutmose III who were buried in a lavishly furnished rock-cut tomb in Wady Gabbanat el-Qurud near Luxor, Egypt. The names all fit into Canaanite name forms, although their ultimate origin is unknown. A West Semitic origin is likely, but both West Semitic and Hurrian derivations have been suggested for Manuwai. Each of the wives bear the title of King's Wife, and were likely only minor members of the royal harem. It is not known if the women were related as the faces on the lids of their canopic jars are all different.
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