Neferu II

Neferu II
	Funerary figurine of Neferu made from wax, from TT319. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Queen consort of Egypt
Tenure	c. 2050 BC
King	Mentuhotep II
Burial	TT319, Deir el-Bahari, Egypt
Spouse	Mentuhotep II
Dynasty	11th Dynasty
Father	Intef III
Mother	Iah

Neferu II (fl. c. 2050 BC)^[1]^[2] was the wife and sister of the ancient Egyptian king Mentuhotep II who ruled in the 11th Dynasty.

Biography

Neferu II^[3] held the titles king's wife and king's daughter.^[1] The inscriptions in the tomb mention that she was the daughter of the king's mother Iah who was the mother of king Mentuhotep II.^[4] She was therefore his sister. It is known that Mentuhotep II was the son of king Intef III who was most likely the father of Neferu.

Death and burial

Neferu is mainly known from her tomb (TT319) at Deir el-Bahari.^[5] The tomb was found badly destroyed but the decorated burial chamber was well preserved and many fragments from the reliefs in the tomb chapel were found.^[5]

Ancestry

Ancestors of Neferu II

Neferu II

References

^ ^a ^b Wolfram Grajetzki: Ancient Egyptian Queens, a hieroglyphic dictionary, Golden House P. London, 2005, p. 28
^ Grajetzki, Wolfram (2024). The Middle Kingdom of ancient Egypt: history, archaeology and society (2nd ed.). London; New York: Bloomsbury Academic. p. 18. ISBN 978-1-350-45553-5.
^ https://pnm.uni-mainz.de/person/2457
^ William C. Hayes: The Scepter of Egypt I, New York 1953, ISBN 0870991906, p. 160; 327
^ ^a ^b Porter, Bertha; Moss, Rosalind L. B. (1960). Topographical bibliography of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic texts, reliefs, and paintings. Vol I, Part 1: The Theban necropolis. Oxford: Griffith Inst., Ashmolean Museum. pp. 391–393. ISBN 978-0-900416-10-1. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)

Literature

Joyce Tyldesley: Chronicle of the Queens of Egypt. Thames & Hudson. 2006, ISBN 0-500-05145-3, p. 67.

[:0-1] Wolfram Grajetzki: Ancient Egyptian Queens, a hieroglyphic dictionary, Golden House P. London, 2005, p. 28

[2] Grajetzki, Wolfram (2024). The Middle Kingdom of ancient Egypt: history, archaeology and society (2nd ed.). London; New York: Bloomsbury Academic. p. 18. ISBN 978-1-350-45553-5.

[3] ttps://pnm.uni-mainz.de/person/2457

[4] William C. Hayes: The Scepter of Egypt I, New York 1953, ISBN 0870991906, p. 160; 327

[:1-5] Porter, Bertha; Moss, Rosalind L. B. (1960). Topographical bibliography of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic texts, reliefs, and paintings. Vol I, Part 1: The Theban necropolis. Oxford: Griffith Inst., Ashmolean Museum. pp. 391–393. ISBN 978-0-900416-10-1. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)

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