Nebweben was an

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 vizier of the North under pharaoh

Thutmose III Thutmose III (variously also spelt Tuthmosis or Thothmes), sometimes called Thutmose the Great, (1479–1425 BC) was the fifth pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty of Egypt. He is regarded as one of the greatest warriors, military commanders, and milita ...

of the

18th Dynasty The Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt (notated Dynasty XVIII, alternatively 18th Dynasty or Dynasty 18) is classified as the first dynasty of the New Kingdom of Egypt, the era in which ancient Egypt achieved the peak of its power. The Eighteenth Dynasty ...

Family

Neferweben was the son of vizier

Amethu called Ahmose Amethu called Ahmose was a Vizier (Ancient Egypt), vizier of ancient Egypt. He served during the reign of Thutmose II and the early years of the reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III of the 18th Dynasty.

, who served during the reign of

Thutmose II Thutmose II was the fourth pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt, and his reign is thought to have lasted for 13 years, from 1493 to 1479 BC (Low Chronology), or just 3 years from around 1482 to 1479 BC. Little is known about him, and he ...

and the early years of the combined reigns of

Hatshepsut Hatshepsut ( ; BC) was the sixth pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Ancient Egypt, Egypt, ruling first as regent, then as queen regnant from until (Low Chronology) and the Great Royal Wife of Pharaoh Thutmose II. She was Egypt's second c ...

and

. He was the brother of vizier

Useramen Useramen (also called User, Amenuser, or Useramun) was an ancient Egyptian Vizier (Ancient Egypt), vizier under pharaohs Hatshepsut and Thutmose III of the 18th Dynasty. Family Useramen was the son of the vizier Amethu called Ahmose, who serve ...

and the father of vizier Rekhmire. Useramen is last attested in year 28 of Thutmose III, while Rekhmire is first attested as vizier in year 32. According to an older hypothesis Neferweben served as vizier in the intervening years. Dows Dunham, Three Inscribed Statues in Boston, The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, Vol. 15, No. 3/4 (Nov., 1929), pp. 164-166 However, his canopic jar was found in

Saqqara Saqqara ( : saqqāra ), also spelled Sakkara or Saccara in English , is an Egyptian village in the markaz (county) of Badrashin in the Giza Governorate, that contains ancient burial grounds of Egyptian royalty, serving as the necropolis for ...

where he was most likely buried. The burial place indicates that he was a vizier with his office in the northern part of the country (during the

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the vizierate was divided into Upper (South) and

Lower Egypt Lower Egypt ( ') is the northernmost region of Egypt, which consists of the fertile Nile Delta between Upper Egypt and the Mediterranean Sea, from El Aiyat, south of modern-day Cairo, and Dahshur. Historically, the Nile River split into sev ...

(North)).

Vizier

The vizier Neferweben is known from two

canopic jar Canopic jars are funerary vessels that were used by the Ancient Egypt, ancient Egyptians to house embalmed organs that were removed during the mummification process. They also served to store and preserve the viscera of their soul for the afterl ...

s found in

. The two jars are part of the Nugent collection (originally belonging to

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). One of the jars has an inscription dedicated to

Neith Neith (, a borrowing of the Demotic (Egyptian), Demotic form , also spelled Nit, Net, or Neit) was an ancient Egyptian deity, possibly of Ancient Libya, Libyan origin. She was connected with warfare, as indicated by her emblem of two crossed b ...

and

Duamutef The four sons of Horus were a group of four deities in ancient Egyptian religion who were believed to protect deceased people in the afterlife. Beginning in the First Intermediate Period of Egyptian history ( 2181–2055 BC), Imsety, Hapy, Duamut ...

, while the other mentions

Serket Serket /ˈsɜːrˌkɛt/ (Ancient Egyptian: ''srqt'') is the goddess of protection against the venomous stings and bites of scorpions in Egyptian mythology. She was primarily worshiped in Lower Egypt during the Predynastic Period (c. 6000 – c ...

and Qebehsenuef.Aylward M. Blackman, The Nugent and Haggard Collections of Egyptian Antiquities, The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, Vol. 4, No. 1 (Jan., 1917), pp. 39-46 The

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has a small red granite statue (29.728) inscribed for Neferweben.Statue of the Vizier Neferweben
Statue image and description from the BMFA online collection

References

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