Nakhtneith
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| Nakhtneith | |
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| File:Nachtneith.png Stela with name of Nakhtneith | |
| Queen consort of Egypt | |
| Tenure | c. 3050 BC |
| Died | c. 3050 BC |
| Burial | |
| Spouse | Pharaoh Djer |
| Issue | Merneith? Djet? |
| Dynasty | 1st Dynasty of Egypt |
| Religion | Ancient Egyptian religion |
| <hiero>n:M3 R24</hiero> |
| Nakhtneith in hieroglyphs |
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| Era: Early Dynastic Period (3150–2686 BC) |
Nakhtneith (fl. c. 3050 BC) was a queen consort of ancient Egypt. She lived during the 1st Dynasty. Her name means "strong is (the goddess) Neith".
Biography
[edit | edit source]Nakhtneith (Nḫt Nj.t) was the wife of Pharaoh Djer. She is known from a stela found in Abydos (stela 95)[1] where she was buried near her husband.[2][3] On the stela she holds the titles "Great one of the hetes scepter" (Wr.t-ḥts)[4] and "she who carries Horus" (Rmn- Ḥr.(w)). The stela is currently in the Cairo Museum (JE 35005). It measures 31.6 cm high by 18.5 cm wide.
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ William Matthew Flinders Petrie: The royal tombs of the earliest dynasties: 1901. Part II (= Memoir of the Egypt Exploration Fund. Band 21). Egypt Exploration Fund u. a., London 1901 (link), Plate XXVII., Object 95.
- ^ Aidan Dodson & Dyan Hilton: The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt. Thames & Hudson, 2004, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Grajetski Ancient Egyptian Queens: a hieroglyphic dictionary Golden House Publications, pg. 3
- ^ V. G. Callender, Reviewed Work(s): Die Königsmütter des Alten Ägypten, von der Frühzeit bis zum Ende der 12. Dynastie by Silke Roth, The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, Vol. 91 (2005), pp. 208, JSTOR
