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| The Hieroglyphic name of Khamerernebty II |
Khamerernebty II is said to be the daughter of Khamerernebty I in her tomb. Khamerernebty I is opinion to be the mother of Menkaure located on a partial lettering on a flint knife in the mortuary temple of Menkaure and thus a wife of King Khafre. This would involve that Khamerernebty II was the daughter of King Khafra and Khamerernebty I.
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| Queen Khamerernebty II |
Khamerernebty II is mentioned in texts and on a statue saw in the Galarza tomb in Giza. This tomb is placed in the Central Field which is part of the Giza Necropolis. The tomb may have primitively been developed for Khamerernebty I, but was gone for her girl Khamerernebty II The lintel above the entrance to the chapel accepted an lettering mentioning both Khamerernebty I and her girl Khamerernebty II:
Mother of the King of Upper and Lower Egypt, daughter of [the King of Upper and Lower Egypt, and daughter of] the God, She who sees Horus and Seth, important one of the hetes-sceptre, One great of praise, Priestess of Djehuty, Priestess of Tjasepef, the Greatly loved Wife of the King, King's girl of his body, revered mistress, good by the great God, Khamerernebty (I).
Her eldest girl, She who sees Horus and Seth, important one of the hetes-sceptre, One extended of praise, Priestess of Djehuty, Priestess of Tjazepef, One who poses with Horus, She who is connected with the one favorite of the Two Ladies, Greatly loved Wife of the King, King's daughter of his body, august mistress, honored by her father, Khamerernebty (II).
It is manageable that she was buried in either Pyramid G3a or G3b (alternative pyramids to the Pyramid of Menkaura) instead.
A later addition was made to the tomb for the burying of the King's Son Sekhemre. It has been suggested that he was either a son or grandson of Khamerernebty II. It is as well potential however that his burial dates to a later period and is intruding.
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