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| Hetephernebti ḥtp-ḥr-nb.tỉ in hieroglyphs | |||
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| Era: Old Kingdom (2686–2181 BC) | |||
Hetephernebti was a queen of the Third Dynasty of the Old Kingdom of ancient Egypt. She was the only known wife of Pharaoh Djoser.[1]
| Hetephernebti | |
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| Queen consort of Egypt | |
 Hetephernebti (center) at the feet of her husband, Djoser, next to her daughter Inetkaes (left), and a third woman whose name is lost (right) on one of the boundary stele from Djoser's pyramid at Saqqara | |
| Spouse | Djoser |
| Issue | Inetkaes♀ |
| Dynasty | Third Dynasty of Egypt |
| Father | Khasekhemwy? |
| Mother | Nimaathap? |
Hetephernebti and a King's Daughter Inetkaes were named on stelae found around Djoser's Saqqara pyramid complex and on a Heliopolis relief showing Djoser accompanied by the two of them.[2]
Among her titles were "one who sees Horus" (m33.t-ḥrw-) and "great of sceptre" (wr.t-ht=s), both common for important queens in this period, also, she was called "King's Daughter", which means she was possibly a daughter of Djoser's predecessor Khasekhemwy and Nimaathap, thus a sister or half-sister of her husband.[3]
Sources
edit- ^ Dodson, Aidan; Hilton, Dyan (2004). The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt. London: Thames & Hudson. ISBN 0-500-05128-3., p.48
- ^ Dodson & Hilton, pp.46–48
- ^ Dodson & Hilton, p.48