Chenmet-nefer-hedjet
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Chenmet-nefer-hedjet ẖnm.t-nfr-ḥḏ.t Which is united with the White Crown |
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Chenmet-nefer-hedjet ( ẖnmt-nfr-ḥḏt = "who is united with the white crown") was an ancient Egyptian title that was worn by queens, but also by princesses. It is attested from the middle of the 12th Dynasty (Middle Kingdom) to the beginning of the 18th Dynasty (New Kingdom). The exact meaning of the title is controversial.
Especially in the 12th dynasty there are some references to the term for which it is not entirely clear whether Chenmet-nefer-hedjet was used as a proper name or as a title. From the time of Sesostris II and Sesostris III. until Amenemhet III. there are at least four royal women known as the Chenmet-nefer-hedjet. Two of them date under Sesostris III., Whereby one of them is still referred to as Weret ("the elder") and the other as "Chered" ("the child"), which indicates that they were given the latter epithets to to distinguish them from the other women of the same name.
Under Amenemhet III. the Queen Aat is attested, which is also known as Chenmet-nefer-hedjet, while another Chenmet-nefer-hedjet is documented without addition. Here, too, one could suspect that Aat ( Chenmet-nefer-hedjet-aat means Chenmet-nefer-hedjet = "the older one") was only an addition to the name to differentiate these two queens by name. However, not all Egyptologists follow this interpretation. You see the proper names in Weret or Aat and a title in Chenmet-nefer-hedjet.
In the Second Intermediate Period that followed and in the early New Kingdom, however , Chenmet-nefer-hedjet was certainly a title that was probably intended to express a special bond with the king.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Silke Roth: The royal mothers of ancient Egypt. From the early period to the end of the 12th Dynasty (= Egypt and Old Testament. Vol. 46). Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 2001, ISBN 3-447-04368-7 , pp. 229-230 (also: Mainz, Univ., Diss., 1997).
- ^ Dieter Arnold : The Pyramid Complex of Senwosret III at Dahshur, Architectural Studies. (= Publications of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Egyptian Expedition. Vol. 26). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York NY 2002, ISBN 0-87099-956-7 , pp. 117-118.