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Neferu II () was the wife and sister of the
Neferu II held the titles ''king's wife'' and ''king's daughter''.
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 ...
ian king Mentuhotep II
Mentuhotep II (, meaning "Mentu is satisfied"), also known under his Prenomen (Ancient Egypt), prenomen Nebhepetre (, meaning "The Lord of the rudder is Ra"), was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh, the sixth ruler of the Eleventh Dynasty of Egypt, Elev ...
who ruled in the 11th Dynasty
The Eleventh Dynasty of ancient Egypt (notated Dynasty XI; ) is a well-attested group of rulers. Its earlier members before Pharaoh Mentuhotep II are grouped with the four preceding dynasties to form the First Intermediate Period, whereas the lat ...
.
Biography
Neferu II held the titles ''king's wife'' and ''king's daughter''.Wolfram Grajetzki
Wolfram Grajetzki (born 1960, in Berlin) is a German Egyptologist. He studied at Free University of Berlin and made his Doctor of Philosophy at the Humboldt University of Berlin. He performed excavations in Egypt, but also in Pakistan
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: ''Ancient Egyptian Queens, a hieroglyphic dictionary'', Golden House P. London, 2005, p. 28 The inscriptions in the tomb mention that she was the daughter of a person called Iah, William C. Hayes: ''The Scepter of Egypt I'', New York 1953, , p. 160; 327 most likely the ''king's mother'' Iah who was the mother of king Mentuhotep II. She was therefore his sister. It is known that Mentuhotep II was the son of king Intef III
Intef III was the third pharaoh of the Eleventh Dynasty of Egypt during the late First Intermediate Period in the 21st century BC, at a time when Egypt was divided in two kingdoms. The son of his predecessor Intef II and father of his success ...
who was most likely the father of Neferu.
Death and Burial
Neferu is mainly known from her tomb (TT319
The Theban Tomb TT319 is located in Deir el-Bahari, part of the Theban Necropolis, on the west bank of the Nile, opposite to Luxor. The tomb belongs to the ''king's wife'' Neferu II, wife of the ancient Egyptian king Mentuhotep II (around 200 ...
) at Deir el-Bahari
Deir el-Bahari or Dayr al-Bahri (, , ) is a complex of mortuary temples and tombs located on the west bank of the Nile, opposite the city of Luxor, Egypt. This is a part of the Theban Necropolis.
History
Deir el-Bahari, located on the west ...
. 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.
References
Literature
*Joyce Tyldesley: ''Chronicle of the Queens of Egypt''. Thames & Hudson. 2006, , p. 67. {{DEFAULTSORT:Neferu 02 Queens consort of the Eleventh Dynasty of Egypt Mentuhotep II 3rd-millennium BC births 21st-century BC deaths