Neferneferure

Neferneferure in hieroglyphics

Neferneferure
(Nefer neferu Re)
Nfr nfrw Rˁ
Perfect is the perfection of Re

Lid of a box with the name of Neferneferure from Tutankhamun's tomb

Neferneferure , also Nefer-neferu-Re , was an ancient Egyptian princess of the 18th Dynasty and the fifth daughter of King ( Pharaoh ) Akhenaten and his great royal consort Nefertiti . She was probably born in Akhet-Aton between the 10th and 12th year of Akhenaten's reign .

Images of her can be found on reliefs and paintings in the former royal seat of Achet-Aton ( Amarna ), but hardly after the 12th year of her father's reign. Therefore it is believed that she probably died around the 14th year of Akhenaten's reign. In Amarna, in the area of the royal necropolis, a seal was found that names her grave. It is uncertain whether the anonymously buried person in the royal tomb in Achet-Aton is her or her younger sister Setepenre .

With this king's daughter the change of the sun god's name to the names of the daughters of the royal couple begins. This is no longer Aton , as with her older sisters , but Re .

Also noteworthy is the discovery of a lid from the grave treasure of King ( Pharaoh ) Tutankhamun in the Valley of the Kings , grave KV62 . The lid bears her name and her image. Neferneferure is shown here in the representation typical for children: sitting in a crouch, the right hand placed on the mouth and the left resting on the knee. The lid with object no. JE 61498 is in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo .

However, despite the name, this assignment is not undisputed. JR Harris points out that Neferneferure is not called the king's daughter. The spelling of the name is also unusual and the determinative of the crouching person is doubtful and differs from the spelling of the name on relief. Another point is that the figure shown next to the lettering is apparently male due to the apron.

literature

Aidan Dodson , Dyan Hilton: The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt. Thames & Hudson, London 2004, ISBN 0-500-05128-3 , p. 156 ( PDF file; 67.9 MB ); retrieved from the Internet Archive .
L. Green: The Royal Women of Amarna. Who what who. In: Dorothea Arnold : The Royal Women of Amarna. Images of Beauty from Ancient Egypt. Metropolitan Museum of Art / Abrams, New York 1996, ISBN 0-8109-6504-6 , p. 12 ( PDF file; 34.2 MB ); retrieved from the Internet Archive .
Alfred Grimm , Sylvia Schoske : The secret of the golden coffin. Akhenaten and the end of the Amarna period. (= Writings from the Egyptian Collection. [SAS] Vol. 10). On the occasion of the special exhibition: The secret of the golden coffin - Akhenaten and the end of the Amarna period. Munich 2001, ISBN 3-87490-722-8 .

Individual evidence

↑ Marc Gabolde , in: Alfred Grimm, Sylvia Schoske: The secret of the golden coffin. P. 24.
↑ A. El-Khouly , GT Martin : Excavations in the Royal Necropolis at El-Amarna. Cairo 1984, p. 8.
^ Aidan Dodson, Dyan Hilton: The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt. London 2004, p. 156.
↑ Thomas Kühn : Under the rays of Aton. On the history of the Amarna period. In: Kemet. 1/2002, p. 27.
↑ JR Harris in: CN Reeves: After Tutankhamun. Research and Excavation in the Royal Necropolis at Thebes. Akhenaten and Neferneferuaten. Routledge 2013, ISBN 978-041586-171-7 , p. 57.

personal data
SURNAME	Neferneferure
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Nefer-Neferu-Re
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	ancient egyptian princess
DATE OF BIRTH	around 1344 BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	14th century BC Chr.

[1] Marc Gabolde , in: Alfred Grimm, Sylvia Schoske: The secret of the golden coffin. P. 24.

[2] A. El-Khouly , GT Martin : Excavations in the Royal Necropolis at El-Amarna. Cairo 1984, p. 8.

[3] Aidan Dodson, Dyan Hilton: The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt. London 2004, p. 156.

[4] Thomas Kühn : Under the rays of Aton. On the history of the Amarna period. In: Kemet. 1/2002, p. 27.

[5] JR Harris in: CN Reeves: After Tutankhamun. Research and Excavation in the Royal Necropolis at Thebes. Akhenaten and Neferneferuaten. Routledge 2013, ISBN 978-041586-171-7 , p. 57.