Hedjetnebu
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Hedjetnebu (Hedjet Nebu) ḥḏ.t nbw |
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Hedjetnebu was a princess of the ancient Egyptian 5th dynasty and a daughter of Pharaoh Djedkare .
Origin and family
Hedjetnebu 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 Hedjetnebus are known: their brothers Isesianch and Neserkauhor and their sisters Chekeretnebti , Mereretisesi and Nebtiemneferes .
title
The only known title of Hejetnebus is that of a natural king's daughter.
tomb
Hedjetnebu was buried in Mastaba K in the Djedkare family cemetery in Abusir . This has a grave shaft slightly north of the center, which leads to the centrally located 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 were discovered in the sacrificial room and a wooden statue of Hedjetnebus was discovered in the Serdab.
The remains of Hedjetnebu's mummy were found at the bottom of the grave shaft . An anthropological study found the age at death to be 18 or 19 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. 486 ( 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 ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Miroslav Verner, Vivienne G. Callender: Abusir VI: Djedkare's Family Cemetery. 2002, p. 85.
- ↑ Miroslav Verner, Vivienne G. Callender: Abusir VI: Djedkare's Family Cemetery. 2002, pp. 86-89.
- ↑ Miroslav Verner, Vivienne G. Callender: Abusir VI: Djedkare's Family Cemetery. 2002, p. 121.
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| SURNAME | Hedjetnebu |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Princess of the ancient Egyptian 5th dynasty |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 25th century BC BC or 24th century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 25th century BC BC or 24th century BC Chr. |