| Neferthenut | ||||||
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| Great Royal Wife | ||||||
| Tenure | 19th century BC (reign ofSesostris III)? | |||||
| Spouse | Senusret III | |||||
| Ancient Egyptian |
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| Dynasty | Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt | |||||
| Religion | Ancient Egyptian religion | |||||
| Occupation | politics, others | |||||
Neferthenut was anancient Egyptian queen of theTwelfth Dynasty of Egypt. She was most likely the wife ofSenusret III.
Neferthenut wasking’s wife,member of the elite (iryt-pat) andshe who sees Horus and Seth. She is so far only known from her sarcophagus and from fragments from the chapel found next to her pyramid, which was part of thepyramid complex of Senusret III atDahshur. The position of her tomb, next to the pyramid of king Senusret III makes it highly likely that she was his wife.Dieter Arnold, who re-excavated the pyramid complex and the tomb of the queen noted the low quality of the inscription on her sarcophagus, which is in stark contrast to the sarcophagi of other royal women buried next to the pyramid. Her tomb was found robbed, only two mace heads were discovered byJacques de Morgan who excavated the tomb first in 1894.[1]
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