Nakhtneith was a
Queen consort of
ancient Egypt. She lived during the
1st Dynasty. Her name means "strong is (the goddess)
Neith".
Biography
Nakhtneith(
Nḫt Nj.t) was the wife of
Pharaoh
Pharaoh (, ; Egyptian: '' pr ꜥꜣ''; cop, , Pǝrro; Biblical Hebrew: ''Parʿō'') is the vernacular term often used by modern authors for the kings of ancient Egypt who ruled as monarchs from the First Dynasty (c. 3150 BC) until th ...
Djer
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. She is known from a stela found in
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(stela 95) where she was buried near her husband.
[Aidan Dodson & Dyan Hilton: The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt. Thames & Hudson, 2004, ][Grajetski Ancient Egyptian Queens: a hieroglyphic dictionary Golden House Publications, pg. 3] On the stela she holds the titles "Great one of the hetes scepter" (''
Wr.t-ḥts'')
[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]
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/ref> and "she who carries Horus" (''Rmn- Ḥr.(w)''). The stela is currently in the Cairo Museum
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(JE 35005). It measures 31.6 cm high by 18.5 cm wide.
References
{{Queens of Ancient Egypt
31st-century BC women
Queens consort of the First Dynasty of Egypt
Djer