Nubwenet

Nubwenet , sometimes also spelled Nubunet , was a queen of the ancient Egyptian 6th dynasty . She was a wife of Pharaoh Pepi I. Children from this marriage are not known.

tomb

→ Main article Pepi-I.-Pyramid # The pyramid of Nubwenet

For Nubwenet was south pyramid of her husband built a pyramid queens. It was discovered by French archaeologists in 1988 and contained fragments of a sarcophagus made of rose granite and remains of the burial equipment.

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 , pp. 483-484 ( 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. 70-78.
Miroslav Verner : The pyramids (= rororo non-fiction book. Volume 60890). Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg 1999, ISBN 3-499-60890-1 , pp. 393-395.

Web links

The Pepis I family ( Memento from July 19, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
The queen pyramids of the pyramid Pepis I. ( Memento from June 27, 2009 in the Internet Archive )

personal data
SURNAME	Nubwenet
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Nubunet
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Queen of the ancient Egyptian 6th Dynasty
DATE OF BIRTH	24th century BC BC or 23rd century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	23rd century BC Chr.