Djefatnebti

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 Djefatnebti 
Ḏf3t(.j) Nbty 
 (My) food are the Two Ladies[1]

Djefatnebti (Djefatnebty) was a royal lady in ancient Egypt. She lived at the end of the 3rd dynasty and may have been a wife of the last king of that dynasty, Huni.[1][2]

Evidence

Djefatnebti's name appears in black ink inscriptions on a clay made beer jar from Elephantine, where she only bears the title weret hetes (‘great one of the Hetes sceptre’)[3], which was a common title for queens.[4] Günter Dreyer postulates, that the inscription may report the 22nd year of reign of king Huni. This theory is not commonly accepted, though.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Silke Roth: Die Königsmütter des Alten Ägypten von der Frühzeit bis zum Ende der 12. Dynastie, Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 2001, ISBN 3-447-04368-7 page 385.
  2. ^ Francesco Raffaele: Royal Women (queens, princesses) in early Egypt (Dynasty 0–3)
  3. ^ G. Dreyer: Drei archaisch-hieratische Gefäßaufschriften mit Jahresnamen auf Elephantine. In: Festschrift Fecht. Wiesbaden 1987, page 98 - 109.
  4. ^ Wolfram Grajetzki: Ancient Egyptian Queens: a hieroglyphic dictionary. Golden House Publications, London 2005, ISBN 0954721896