Iput II

Iput was an ancient Egyptian queen consort of the Sixth dynasty, a sister and wife of Pepi II.

Titles

Her titles King’s Daughter (z.t-nỉswt), and Eldest King’s Daughter (z.t-nỉswt-šms.t) show that Iput II was a daughter of a pharaoh (Pepi I). The title Hereditary Princess (ỉrỉỉ.t-pˁt) identifies her as a noble lady.

As a queen consort she held the following titles: King’s Wife (ḥm.t-nỉswt ), King’s Wife, his beloved (ḥm.t-nỉswt mrỉỉ.t=f), Beloved King’s Wife of Neferkare-men-ankh (ḥm.t-nỉswt mrỉỉ.t=f nfr-k3-rˁ-mn-ˁnḫ), Beloved King’s Wife of Neferkare-men-ankh-Neferkare (ḥm.t-nỉswt mrỉỉ.t=f nfr-k3-rˁ-mn-ˁnḫ-nfr-k3-rˁ), and She who sees Horus and Seth (m33.t-ḥrw-stš).

Burial

Iput's pyramid complex consisted of a pyramid and a small mortuary temple. The temple was built in an L-shape. She was buried close to Pepi II at Saqqara and her tomb contains a version of the Pyramid Texts.

In one of the storerooms of the mortuary temple excavators discovered the granite sarcophagus of Queen Ankhesenpepi IV, another wife of Pepi II. It is not entirely clear if Ankhesenpepi IV was originally buried in the burial complex of Iput II, or if she was originally interred elsewhere and reburied during the First Intermediate Period.