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Neithhotep Queen consort of Egypt Full name Neithhotep Buried Naqada, "Great Tomb" Consort King Narmer Dynasty 1st dynasty of Egypt Children King Hor-Aha and maybe Benerib 
Neithhotep [1]
in hieroglyphsNeithhotep was the first queen of ancient Egypt, cofounder of the First dynasty, and is the earliest woman in history whose name is known. The name Neithhotep means "[The Goddess] Neith is satisfied".
Biography
Neithhotep's dynastic marriage to Narmer, which represents the start of the Early Dynastic Period of Egypt, c. 3200 BCE, and the unification of Lower and Upper Egypt, may be represented on the Narmer Macehead.[2] In this view Neithhotep was originally a princess of Lower Egypt, before marriage to Narmer (of Upper Egypt).
Neithhotep was the wife of Narmer[3][1] or wife[4] or mother of Hor-Aha and possibly the mother of Benerib.
Neithhotep's name was found in several locations:
- Clay sealing in the tomb at Naqada with the name of Hor-Aha and Neithhotep.[3][5]
- Clay sealing with the name of Neithhotep alone, also from the royal tomb in Naqada. Some of these are now in the Cairo Museum.[6]
- Two inscribed vases were found in the tomb of Djer, Neithhotep's grandson.[7]
- Ivory fragments with the name of Neithhotep were discovered in the subsidiary tombs near Djer's funerary complex.[8]
- A fragment of an alabaster vase with the name of Neithhotep was found in the general vicinity of the royal tombs in Umm el-Qaab.[9]
- On labels from Helwan.[3]
Her titles were: ḫntỉ (Foremost of Women), sm3ỉ.t nb.tỉ (Consort of the Two Ladies). Both were titles given to queens during the First dynasty.[1]
References
- ^ a b c J. Tyldesley, Chronicle of the Queens of Egypt, 2006, Thames & Hudson
- ^ Walter B Emery, Archaic Egypt, Pelican Books,1961, ISBN 0-14-020462-8
- ^ a b c Aidan Dodson & Dyan Hilton, The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt, Thames & Hudson (2004)
- ^ Grajetski Ancient Egyptian Queens: a hieroglyphic dictionary Golden House Publications, pg. 2
- ^ Porter and Moss Topographical Bibliography; Volume V Upper Egypt Griffith Institute, pg 119
- ^ Porter and Moss, pg 119
- ^ Porter and Moss, pg 78
- ^ Porter and Moss, pg 78
- ^ Porter and Moss, pg 89
External links
Categories:- Ancient Egyptian queens consort
- First dynasty of Egypt
- 31st-century BC women
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