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Neferu II
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 Funerary figurine of Neferu made from wax, from TT319. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. | |||||
| Queen consort of Egypt | |||||
| Tenure | c. 2050 BC | ||||
| King | Mentuhotep II | ||||
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| Spouse | Mentuhotep II | ||||
| Dynasty | 11th Dynasty | ||||
| Father | Intef III | ||||
| Mother | Iah | ||||
Neferu II (fl. c. 2050 BC)[1][2] was the wife and sister of the ancient Egyptian king Mentuhotep II who ruled in the 11th Dynasty.
Biography
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Neferu II[3] held the titles king's wife and king's daughter.[1] The inscriptions in the tomb mention that she was the daughter of the king's mother Iah who was the mother of king Mentuhotep II.[4] She was therefore his sister. It is known that Mentuhotep II was the son of king Intef III who was most likely the father of Neferu.
Death and burial
[edit]Neferu is mainly known from her tomb (TT319) at Deir el-Bahari.[5] The tomb was found badly destroyed but the decorated burial chamber was well preserved and many fragments from the reliefs in the tomb chapel were found.[5]
Ancestry
[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 Wolfram Grajetzki: Ancient Egyptian Queens, a hieroglyphic dictionary, Golden House P. London, 2005, p. 28
- ↑ Grajetzki, Wolfram (2024). The Middle Kingdom of ancient Egypt: history, archaeology and society (2nd ed.). London; New York: Bloomsbury Academic. p. 18. ISBN 978-1-350-45553-5.
- ↑ https://pnm.uni-mainz.de/person/2457
- ↑ William C. Hayes: The Scepter of Egypt I, New York 1953, ISBN 0870991906, p. 160; 327
- 1 2 Porter, Bertha; Moss, Rosalind L. B. (1960). Topographical bibliography of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic texts, reliefs, and paintings. Vol I, Part 1: The Theban necropolis. Oxford: Griffith Inst., Ashmolean Museum. pp. 391–393. ISBN 978-0-900416-10-1.
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Literature
[edit]- Joyce Tyldesley: Chronicle of the Queens of Egypt. Thames & Hudson. 2006, ISBN 0-500-05145-3, p. 67.
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