Neferu-Re

Neferu-Re , also Neferure (proper name spelling ), was the eldest daughter of Hatshepsut and Thutmose II.

Hints

Neferure is mentioned in seven localities, especially in the Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut in Deir el-Bahri , on the Senenmut - Statue in Karnak and stele in Sinai .

family

Her half-brother Thutmose III. was a descendant of Thutmose II and his concubine Isis. Thutmose II died after a likely reign of 3 years.

Life

Neferu-Re, looked after by Senenmut

The training of Neferu-Res was initially entrusted to the civil servant Ahmose Pen-Nechbet in early childhood . Senimen later took on this task and, after the 7th year of reign, Senenmut . Neferu-Re was initially intended to be the heir to the throne, which would explain the high title " Consort of Amun ". The meaning and interpretation of this title, written in the Red Chapel in Karnak, played an important role in the temple rituals. Hatshepsut, who was still queen at the time, needed a female person for the role of high priestess and entrusted her daughter Neferu-Re with this task.

Evidence of marriage to Thutmose III. are missing until today. Her designation as " Great Royal Wife " or "King Wife" does not appear in her previous titles . It is still unclear why Thutmose III. their name on a relief in the 23rd or 24th year of reign was replaced by that of his great royal wife Satiah . As a result, Satiah came posthumously to her title “Consort of Amun”.

Her death

Neferu-Re practiced until her death in the 23rd or 24th year of reign (around 1456 BC) of Thutmose III. the office of the "wife of God of Amun". Previous assumptions that Neferu-Re died between the eleventh and 16th year of Hatshepsut's reign are invalid due to the evidence of the usurped representation of Neferu-Re.

literature

Peter H. Schulze: Mistress of both countries, Hatshepsut. Manfred Pawlak, Herrsching, 1987, ISBN 3-88199-345-2 .
Christiane Desroches Noblecourt : Hatshepsut: The mysterious queen on the pharaoh's throne. 2007, ISBN 3-404-64224-4 .
Aidan Dodson , Dyan Hilton: The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt. Thames & Hudson, London 2004, ISBN 0-500-05128-3 , pp. 131-132, pp. 140.

Web links

Statue of Neferu-Re and Senenmut ( Memento from January 12, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )

Notes and individual references

↑ Aidan Dodson & Dyan Hilton The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt, p. 140
↑ Joyce A. Tyldesley Hatchepsut - The Female Pharaoh, Viking, 1996, ISBN 0-670-85976-1
^ JJ Shirley: The Power of the Elite: The Officials of Hatshepsut's Regency and Coregency. In: José M. Galán, Betsy M. Bryan, Peter F. Dorman (Eds.): Creativity and Innovation in the Reign of Hatshepsut. Occasional Proceedings of the Theban Workshop (= Studies in Ancient Oriental Civilization (SAOC), number 69). The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago , Chicago 2014, ISBN 978-1-61491-024-4 , pp. 180-182 PDF file; 21.7 MB ; Retrieved from The Oriental Institute on December 23, 2017.
↑ Tyldesley 1996, p. 103
^ Dodson-Hilton 2004, pp. 131-132
^ Peter F. Dorman: The monuments of Senenmut: Problems in historical methodology . Kegan Paul International, London 1988, ISBN 0-7103-0317-3 , pp. 78-79.

personal data
SURNAME	Neferu-Re
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	eldest daughter of Hatshepsut and Thutmose II.
DATE OF BIRTH	15th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	15th century BC Chr.

[1] Aidan Dodson & Dyan Hilton The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt, p. 140

[2] Joyce A. Tyldesley Hatchepsut - The Female Pharaoh, Viking, 1996, ISBN 0-670-85976-1

[3] JJ Shirley: The Power of the Elite: The Officials of Hatshepsut's Regency and Coregency. In: José M. Galán, Betsy M. Bryan, Peter F. Dorman (Eds.): Creativity and Innovation in the Reign of Hatshepsut. Occasional Proceedings of the Theban Workshop (= Studies in Ancient Oriental Civilization (SAOC), number 69). The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago , Chicago 2014, ISBN 978-1-61491-024-4 , pp. 180-182 PDF file; 21.7 MB ; Retrieved from The Oriental Institute on December 23, 2017.

[4] Tyldesley 1996, p. 103

[5] Dodson-Hilton 2004, pp. 131-132

[6] Peter F. Dorman: The monuments of Senenmut: Problems in historical methodology . Kegan Paul International, London 1988, ISBN 0-7103-0317-3 , pp. 78-79.