Nofret (13th Dynasty queen)

Nofret was an Ancient Egyptian king's wife who is so far only known from one stela that is today in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. The stela was found at Abydos.[1] The stela dates most likely to the 13th Dynasty and belongs to the ruler of the king's crew Nedjesankh/Iu. His wife was the king's daughter Hatshepsut. The text stats that the latter was born to the king's wife Nofret. Not much can be said about her. Her royal husband is not yet identified.[2]

Nofret
in hieroglyphs

Stela mentioning the queen Nofret

References

H.O. Lange, H. Schäfer, Grab- und Denksteine des Mittleren Reichs, Theil I: Text zu No. 20001-20399, Berlin, 1902, pp. 393–4
K.S.B. Ryholt: The Political Situation in Egypt during the Second Intermediate Period, c.1800–1550 BC, Carsten Niebuhr Institute Publications, vol. 20. Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press, 1997, ISBN 8772894210, p. 246

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[1] H.O. Lange, H. Schäfer, Grab- und Denksteine des Mittleren Reichs, Theil I: Text zu No. 20001-20399, Berlin, 1902, pp. 393–4

[r246-2] K.S.B. Ryholt: The Political Situation in Egypt during the Second Intermediate Period, c.1800–1550 BC, Carsten Niebuhr Institute Publications, vol. 20. Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press, 1997, ISBN 8772894210, p. 246