Nebty-tepites (''nb.tỉ tp ỉt=s,'' "The two crowns on the head of her father";
[George A. Reisner. ''A History of the Giza Necropolis III,'' Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Chapter 16: The Royal Family of Dynasty Four, page 146] ) was a princess of
ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt () was a cradle of civilization concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River in Northeast Africa. It emerged from prehistoric Egypt around 3150BC (according to conventional Egyptian chronology), when Upper and Lower E ...
. She is mentioned in the tomb of her mother,
Meresankh II
Meresankh II ("She Loves Life"; ) was a queen consort of Egypt who lived during the 4th Dynasty.
Family
Meresankh II's parents are assumed to be King Khufu and Queen Meritites I given that they are mentioned in Meresankh's mastaba. She is neve ...
.
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Biography
Nebty-tepites may have been a daughter of Prince
Horbaef
Horbaef (also known as Baefhor and Horbaf; ) was an ancient Egyptian prince of the 4th Dynasty.Aidan Dodson, Dyan Hilton. ''The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt'', Thames & Hudson. 2004. His title was "King’s son".
Horbaef was a son of K ...
and his half-sister
Meresankh II
Meresankh II ("She Loves Life"; ) was a queen consort of Egypt who lived during the 4th Dynasty.
Family
Meresankh II's parents are assumed to be King Khufu and Queen Meritites I given that they are mentioned in Meresankh's mastaba. She is neve ...
. She had a sister
Nefertkau III
Nefertkau III () was an ancient Egyptian princess. She lived during the 4th Dynasty. She was possibly a daughter of Meresankh II and Horbaef. If so, she was a granddaughter of King Khufu. Baud has proposed that Nefertkau was a daughter of Khufu ...
and a brother
Djaty. After Horbaef's death, Meresankh married a King, either
Djedefra
Djedefre (also known as Djedefra and Radjedef; died 2558 BC) was an ancient Egyptian king (pharaoh) of the 4th Dynasty during the Old Kingdom. He is well known by the Hellenized form of his name Rhatoisēs (Ῥατοίσης) by Manetho. Djede ...
or
Khafre
Khafre or Chephren (died 2532 BC) was an ancient Egyptian monarch who was the fourth king of the Fourth Dynasty, during the earlier half of the Old Kingdom period (c. 2700–2200 BC). He was son of the king Khufu, and succeeded his broth ...
and became a queen consort. So, Nebty-tepites was a niece and step-daughter of her mother's second husband.
Resiner, op.cit., pp.146-149
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References
Princesses of the Fourth Dynasty of Egypt
3rd-millennium BC births
3rd-millennium BC deaths
27th-century BC women
26th-century BC women
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