Chekeretnebti

Chekeretnebti was a princess of the ancient Egyptian 5th dynasty and a daughter of Pharaoh Djedkare .

Origin and family

Chekeretnebti was a daughter of Pharaoh Djedkare Isesi, the eighth and penultimate ruler of the 5th dynasty. Whether her mother was Djedkares royal consort Setibhor or some other woman is unknown. Five siblings or half-siblings of Chekeretnebtis are known: their brothers Isesianch and Neserkauhor and their sisters Hedjetnebu , Mereretisesi and Nebtiemneferes . Chekeretnebti had a daughter named Tisethor , but her husband is unknown.

title

Chekeretnebti had the following titles: Provided by Isesi, taken care of by the King, taken care of by the Great God, loved by Isesi, his daily beloved king's daughter , natural king's daughter, beloved natural king's daughter.

tomb

Torso of a wooden statue of Chekeretnebtis from her mastaba in Abusir; Náprstek Museum , Prague

Chekeretnebti was buried in mastaba B in the Djedkare family cemetery in Abusir . This has a grave shaft slightly north of the center, which leads to the sarcophagus chamber. The burial chapel consists of a vestibule with a storage room to the north and a sacrificial room to the south. There is a serdab on the south side of the sacrificial room . Fragments of a false door and the remains of a wooden statue of Chekeretnebtis were discovered in the sacrificial room.

The mastaba was later also used as a burial place for Tisethor. For this purpose, another grave shaft with a sarcophagus chamber was created in the northern part of the building and the storage room was converted into another sacrificial room for Tisethor.

Remains of Chekeretnebti's mummy were found in the central sarcophagus chamber . An anthropological study revealed an age of death between 30 and 35 years.

literature

Michel Baud : Famille royale et pouvoir sous l'Ancien Empire égyptien. Tome 2 (= Bibliothèque d'Étude. Volume 126/2). Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale, Cairo 1999, ISBN 2-7247-0250-6 , p. 561 ( PDF; 16.7 MB ).
Aidan Dodson , Dyan Hilton: The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt . The American University in Cairo Press, London 2004, ISBN 977-424-878-3 , pp. 62-69.
Miroslav Verner , Vivienne G. Callender : Abusir VI: Djedkare's Family Cemetery (= Excavations of the Czech Institute of Egyptology. Volume 6). Charles University, Prague 2002, ISBN 80-86277-22-4 ( online ).

Web links

Commons : Chekeretnebti - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Miroslav Verner, Vivienne G. Callender: Abusir VI: Djedkare's Family Cemetery. 2002, p. 13.
↑ Miroslav Verner, Vivienne G. Callender: Abusir VI: Djedkare's Family Cemetery. 2002, pp. 15-21.
↑ Miroslav Verner, Vivienne G. Callender: Abusir VI: Djedkare's Family Cemetery. 2002, pp. 18, 21-23.
↑ Miroslav Verner, Vivienne G. Callender: Abusir VI: Djedkare's Family Cemetery. 2002, p. 120.

personal data
SURNAME	Chekeretnebti
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Princess of the ancient Egyptian 5th dynasty
DATE OF BIRTH	25th or 24th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	25th or 24th century BC Chr.

[1] Miroslav Verner, Vivienne G. Callender: Abusir VI: Djedkare's Family Cemetery. 2002, p. 13.

[2] Miroslav Verner, Vivienne G. Callender: Abusir VI: Djedkare's Family Cemetery. 2002, pp. 15-21.

[3] Miroslav Verner, Vivienne G. Callender: Abusir VI: Djedkare's Family Cemetery. 2002, pp. 18, 21-23.

[4] Miroslav Verner, Vivienne G. Callender: Abusir VI: Djedkare's Family Cemetery. 2002, p. 120.