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250:"contained an impressive array of objects including personal adornments. Neferuptah appears in this tomb with a series of different titles. On a big offering table, she is simply called ‘king’s daughter’. On her sarcophagus she is ‘member of the elite, great one of the hetes-sceptre, great of honour, beloved king’s daughter of his body’ (iryt-pat, wrt Hts, wrt Hzwt, zAt-niswt nt Xt.f mrt.f). Her name is written in a cartouche. On her middle coffin, only preserved in small fragments of gold foil, her sole title is ‘king’s daughter’. Here, her name is not written in a cartouche. Finally, her name is found on three silver vessels, where she is called ‘member of the elite, king’s daughter’ and ‘king’s daughter of the body’, and here her name is written within a cartouche. In the offering formula on these vessels, appears the throne name of king Amenemhat III, Nimaatre. 162: 17: 170: 272: 238:"....burial of a ‘king’s daughter’ Neferuptah had already been identified at the pyramid of king Amenemhat III at Hawara, where objects with the name of Neferuptah were found in the burial chamber. These objects are an alabaster offering table inscribed for her, and fragments of perhaps eight duck dishes also inscribed with her name. On these, her only title is ‘king’s daughter’, and her name is written without a cartouche. 202:. However, she was not buried there, but in a small pyramid at Hawara. Her tomb was found intact by an Egyptian team under Nagib Farag and Zaky Iskander in 1956 which was located about 2 kilometres from the pyramid of her father and still contained her jewellery, a granite sarcophagus, three silver vases and other objects. 205:
The granite sarcophagus was inscribed with a short offering formula. Inside the sarcophagus were found the decayed remains of two wooden coffins. The outer one was decorated with inscribed gold foil. Identical inscriptions were found on the sarcophagus of Queen
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notes that Princess Neferuptah was actually provided with two separate burials. Grajetzki wrote that Neferuptah's earlier burial was previously already known from the 19th century with the discovery of the:
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Grajetzki surmises that Nefeuptah likely had "two burials, one in the pyramid of her father and another about two kilometres apart "--with the first burial being a
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Mentions Amenemhat III {nj-mꜣꜥt-rꜥ jmn-m-ḥꜣt}, Hotepti {jrjt-pꜥt; mwt-nsw; ẖnmt nfr ḥḏt ḥtp.tj} and Neferuptah {jrjt-pꜥt; sꜣt-nsw nfrw-ptḥ}.
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burial. This explains why the 1956 discovery of Neferuptah's intact tomb 2 kilometres from her father's pyramid:
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Neferuptah is one of the first royal women whose name was written inside a
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Hereditary Princess, King's Daughter {jrjt-pꜥt; sꜣt-nsw nfrw-ptḥ}
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Petrie Museum UC 32212, published in: M Collier, S. Quirke:
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A burial for her was prepared in the tomb of her father at
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214:. She is depicted next to her father in the temple at 407:, Cahiers Caribéens d’Egyptologie 22 (2017), p.34 470: 294:The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt 291: 266:Block, Amenemhat III temple in Medinet Madi 479:Princesses of the Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt 459: 446:https://pnm.uni-mainz.de/inscription/15880 435:https://pnm.uni-mainz.de/inscription/12067 270: 168: 160: 15: 35:”) was a daughter of the Egyptian king 471: 292:Dodson, Aidan; Hilton, Dyan (2004). 173:An exquisite pectoral of Neferuptah. 464:(in Italian). Imola: La Mandragora. 260:Granite Sphinx, Cairo TN 13.12.24.4 225:In an important 2017 paper titled " 193:beloved king's daughter of his body 13: 453: 285: 189:, great of favour, great of praise 14: 500: 165:The Funerary apron of Neferuptah. 439: 428: 419: 296:. London: Thames & Hudson. 254: 39:(c. 1860 BC to 1814 BC) of the 484:19th-century BC Egyptian women 410: 397: 388: 367: 351: 333: 320: 311: 1: 460:Pignattari, Stefania (2008). 375:The UCL Lahun Papyri: Letters 279: 43:. Her sister was the Pharaoh 20:Neferuptah, from Medinet Madi 275:A broad collar of Neferuptah 54: 7: 328:The discovery of Neferwptah 10: 505: 348:, London 1890, p.15, pl. V 62: 489:Children of Amenemhat III 317:Dodson & Hilton, p.25 345:Kahun, Gurob, and Hawara 276: 174: 166: 21: 340:W. M. Flinders Petrie 274: 172: 164: 19: 184:Her titles included 364:, 205 (2005), 55-66 187:member of the elite 146:(2055–1650 BC) 394:Farag, pp. 101-103 277: 175: 167: 22: 358:Wolfram Grajetzki 231:Wolfram Grajetzki 159: 158: 147: 122: 121: 118: 117: 111: 110: 103: 102: 496: 465: 448: 443: 437: 432: 426: 423: 417: 414: 408: 401: 395: 392: 386: 371: 365: 355: 349: 337: 331: 324: 318: 315: 309: 307: 289: 145: 82: 81: 74: 73: 67: 66: 63: 59: 58: 504: 503: 499: 498: 497: 495: 494: 493: 469: 468: 456: 454:Further reading 451: 444: 440: 433: 429: 424: 420: 415: 411: 402: 398: 393: 389: 372: 368: 356: 352: 338: 334: 325: 321: 316: 312: 304: 290: 286: 282: 257: 144: 128: 86: 57: 12: 11: 5: 502: 492: 491: 486: 481: 467: 466: 455: 452: 450: 449: 438: 427: 425:Ibid, pp.33-34 418: 409: 403:W. Grajetzki, 396: 387: 377:, Oxford 2002 366: 350: 332: 319: 310: 302: 283: 281: 278: 256: 253: 252: 251: 240: 239: 157: 156: 153: 152: 149: 148: 142:Middle Kingdom 134: 133: 124: 123: 120: 119: 116: 115: 112: 109: 108: 105: 104: 101: 100: 97: 94: 91: 88: 78: 77: 71: 56: 53: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 501: 490: 487: 485: 482: 480: 477: 476: 474: 463: 458: 457: 447: 442: 436: 431: 422: 413: 406: 400: 391: 384: 383:1-84171-462-3 380: 376: 370: 363: 359: 354: 347: 346: 341: 336: 330:, 1971, p. 20 329: 326:Nagib Farag, 323: 314: 305: 303:0-500-05128-3 299: 295: 288: 284: 273: 269: 267: 263: 261: 249: 248: 247: 245: 237: 236: 235: 232: 228: 223: 221: 217: 213: 209: 203: 201: 196: 194: 190: 188: 182: 180: 171: 163: 155: 154: 151: 150: 143: 139: 136: 135: 132: 126: 125: 113: 107: 106: 98: 95: 92: 89: 84: 83: 80: 79: 76: 75: 72: 69: 68: 65: 64: 61: 60: 52: 50: 46: 42: 38: 37:Amenemhat III 34: 30: 26: 18: 461: 441: 430: 421: 412: 399: 390: 374: 369: 361: 353: 343: 335: 327: 322: 313: 293: 287: 265: 264: 259: 258: 255:Attestations 243: 241: 224: 216:Medinet Madi 204: 197: 192: 185: 183: 176: 47:(“Beauty of 41:12th Dynasty 31:(“Beauty of 28: 24: 23: 385:, p.138-139 220:Elephantine 131:hieroglyphs 45:Sobekneferu 473:Categories 416:Ibid, p.36 280:References 208:Hatshepsut 127:Neferuptah 29:Ptahneferu 25:Neferuptah 179:cartouche 55:Biography 381:  308:, p.98 300:  200:Hawara 244:dummy 212:Lahun 49:Sobek 379:ISBN 298:ISBN 191:and 51:”). 33:Ptah 138:Era 129:in 27:or 475:: 342:, 222:. 195:. 140:: 306:.

Index


Ptah
Amenemhat III
12th Dynasty
Sobekneferu
Sobek
hieroglyphs
Era
Middle Kingdom


cartouche
member of the elite
Hawara
Hatshepsut
Lahun
Medinet Madi
Elephantine
The two burials of Neferuptah and other second burials for royal women
Wolfram Grajetzki

ISBN
0-500-05128-3
W. M. Flinders Petrie
Kahun, Gurob, and Hawara
Wolfram Grajetzki
ISBN
1-84171-462-3
The two burials of Neferuptah and other second burials for royal women
https://pnm.uni-mainz.de/inscription/12067

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