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Teti-Sheri
is our Dam. She is a Ruddy
Abyssinian. Her pedigree name is
Pinegrove Nullabor Fleur and she has been successful in attaining Champion
status under the GCCF Regulations.
She is extremely good natured and affectionate with other cats and human
beings. We
have named Teti-sheri after the XVIIth Dynasty queen of Egypt. The historical Teti-sheri was the wife of
Sequenenre Tao I and as the mother of Sequenenre Tao II who died fighting the Hyksos and the
grandmother of Kamose and ’Ahmose I
who were successful in finally expelling the foreign invaders and reunifying
the two lands of Kemet, her modern description as the “Mother of the New Kingdom”
is well founded. She lived to be 70
years old and amongst many honours granted to her was the building of a
cenotaph at the religious centre of
Abydos A
statuette of the Queen which has resided in the British Museum collection
since 1890, appears below. Although
the authenticity of this piece has been questioned in recent years it does
appear to have been based on a broken statue of the Queen, now in Paris and
its place in the history of Egyptology continues to provide a vivid image of
the elegant but indomitable Queen Teti-sheri. |
