Nubkhaes was a queen in

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during the

Second Intermediate Period The Second Intermediate Period dates from 1700 to 1550 BC. It marks a period when ancient Egypt was divided into smaller dynasties for a second time, between the end of the Middle Kingdom and the start of the New Kingdom. The concept of a Secon ...

. Several of her family members were officials during the late

13th Dynasty The Thirteenth Dynasty of ancient Egypt (notated Dynasty XIII) was a series of rulers from approximately 1803 BC until approximately 1649 BC, i.e. for 154 years. It is often classified as the final dynasty of the Middle Kingdom (which includes ...

. Her name means ''The

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'' Hathor">Hathor.html" ;"title="Hathor">Hathor''appears''and she held the titles Great Royal Wife and ''Khenemetneferhedjet, the one united with the beauty of the white crown''. She is so far only known from her family stela now in the Musée du Louvre, Louvre and a few later references. The stela is the main monument of the queen. Here is mentioned her father Dedusobek Bebi and other family members, many of them high court officials. These are all datable to about the time of king

Sobekhotep IV Khaneferre Sobekhotep IV was one of the more powerful Egyptian kings of the 13th Dynasty (c. 1803 BC to c. 1649 BC), who reigned at least eight years. His brothers, Neferhotep I and Sihathor, were his predecessors on the throne, the latter havi ...

.Wolfram Grajetzki: ''Ancient Egyptian Queens'', London 2005, p. 38 The husband of the queen is not mentioned on the stela, but it is assumed that he was one of the successors of Sobekhotep IV, as his wife is known and Nubkhaes belongs to a generation after Sobekhotep IV. Khons was a daughter of the queen. She married a vizier coming from

Elkab Elkab, also spelled El-Kab or El Kab, is an Upper Egyptian site on the east bank of the Nile at the mouth of the Wadi Hillal about south of Luxor (ancient Thebes, Egypt, Thebes). Elkab was called Nekheb in the Egyptian language ( , ), a name t ...

Family

Attestation

This queen is only attested in Upper Egypt between Thebes and Elephantine. However, she comes from a family who is well attested. At Thebes,

Sobekemsaf II Sekhemre Shedtawy Sobekemsaf II was an Egyptian king who reigned during the Second Intermediate Period, when Egypt was fragmented and ruled by multiple kings. Biography His throne name, Sekhemre Shedtawy, means "Powerful is Re; Rescuer of the T ...

is said to have been buried with a queen Nubkhaes. Thebes/Abydos (?), Stela Louvre C 13 , A round-topped stela with five lines of text. as Iripat, Great King's Wife, United with the White Crown. The stela has five lines of offering, offering bread in two scenes to Hathor and Khentimentiu, and two registers with twenty-two names and titles of relatives. Elephantine, Statue Kaiser, MDAIK 28, 188 , as Great King's Wife Elkab, Tomb 64 (9) , In this later monument we learn that King's Wife Nubkhaes is the mother of King's Daughter Khonsu who is married to Governor of Elkab Ay. Also mentioned is King's Wife Senebsen, wife of Neferhotep I.

Theories

Aidan Dodson and Dyan Hilton suggest that she was married to either

Sobekhotep V Merhotepre Sobekhotep (also known as Sobekhotep V; Sobekhotep VI in older studies) was an Egyptian king of the late 13th Dynasty during the Second Intermediate Period. Attestation Merhotepre Sobekhotep is mainly attested in Upper Egypt. Items c ...

Sobekhotep VI Khahotepre Sobekhotep VI (also known as Sobekhotep V) was an Egyptian king of the late 13th Dynasty during the Second Intermediate Period. Family Khahotepre Sobekhotep VI's father was perhaps Sobekhotep IV, the best attested king of the entire ...

Wahibre Ibiau Wahibre Ibiau was an ancient Egyptian petty king, perhaps of the 13th Dynasty, during the Second Intermediate Period of Egypt, Second Intermediate Period. He may have reigned for about 10 years according to the Turin King List. Reign Despite a r ...

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