Neferuptah

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Neferuptah, from Medinet Madi

Neferuptah or Ptahneferu (“Beauty of

12th Dynasty. Her sister was the Pharaoh Sobekneferu (“Beauty of Sobek
”).

Biography

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Neferuptah
in hieroglyphs
Era: Middle Kingdom
(2055–1650 BC)

Neferuptah is one of the first royal women whose name was written inside a cartouche. Although she never had the title 'king's wife', she must have had a special status; it is possible she was regarded as a future ruler.[1][2]

Her titles included member of the elite, great of favour, great of praise and beloved king's daughter of his body.[3]

A burial for her was prepared in the tomb of her father at Hawara.[4] However, she was not buried there, but in a small pyramid at Hawara. Her tomb was found intact in 1956 and still contained her jewellery, a granite sarcophagus, three silver vases and other objects.

Broad collar of Neferuptah

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

Lahun.[6] She is depicted next to her father in the temple at Medinet Madi. Objects belonging to her include a sphinx of black granite and the fragment of a statue found on Elephantine.[7]

Attestations

Granite Sphinx, Cairo TN 13.12.24.4 [8] Hereditary Princess, King's Daughter {jrjt-pꜥt; sꜣt-nsw nfrw-ptḥ}

Block, Amenemhat III temple in Medinet Madi [9] 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}.

References

  1. ISBN 0-500-05128-3
    ., p.98
  2. ^ Dodson & Hilton, p.25
  3. ^ Nagib Farag, The discovery of Neferwptah, 1971, p. 20
  4. W. M. Flinders Petrie, Kahun, Gurob, and Hawara
    , London 1890, p.15, pl. V
  5. ^ Wolfram Grajetzki, "The Coffin of the "King's Daughter" Neferuptah and the Sarcophagus of the "Great King's Wife" Hatshepsut", Göttinger Miszellen: Beitrage zur ägyptologischen Diskussion, 205 (2005), 55-66
  6. ISBN 1-84171-462-3
    , p.138-139
  7. ^ Farag, pp. 101-103
  8. ^ https://pnm.uni-mainz.de/inscription/12067
  9. ^ https://pnm.uni-mainz.de/inscription/15880

Further reading

  • Pignattari, Stefania (2008). Due donne per il trono d'Egitto: Neferuptah e Sobekneferu (in Italian). Imola: La Mandragora.
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