Inetkaes

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Inetkaes
Other names	Inetkawes
Occupation	Princess of Egypt
Title	King's Daughter
Religion	Ancient Egyptian religion
Parents	Pharaoh Djoser Queen Hetephernebti
Relatives	Khasekhemwy and Nimaethap (grandparents)

Inetkaes
in hieroglyphs

Inetkaes was an ancient Egyptian princess of the Third dynasty. Her name incorporates the name of the goddess Neith (Net - one of Neith's names).

Biography

Inetkaes was the only known child of Pharaoh Djoser and Queen Hetephernebti, and she was a granddaughter of Khasekhemwy and Nimaethap.^[1]

She is mentioned on the boundary stelae surrounding Djoser's step pyramid (these are now to be found in various museums) and is depicted on a relief found in Heliopolis (now in Torino). This shows the enthroned pharaoh accompanied by smaller figures of Inetkaes and Queen Hetephernebti, who bears the title “She who sees Horus” (a title typical for 3rd dynasty queens).^[2]

Sources

↑ Aidan Dodson & Dyan Hilton, The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt, Thames & Hudson (2004) ISBN 0-500-05128-3, p.48
↑ Dodson & Hilton, pp.42,48

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Short description	Ancient Egyptian princess
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