Khamerernebty I

The Hieroglyphic name
of Khamerernebty

Khamerernebty I was an ancient Egyptian queen of the 4th dynasty. She was probably a wife of King Khafre and the mother of King Menkaure and Queen Khamerernebty II. It is potential that she was a girl of Khufu, located on the fact that inscriptions identify her as a King's girl. Khamerernebty I is noted with the king's mother whose partial name was saw inscribed on a flint knife in the mortuary temple of Menkaure. She is supposed to be the mother of Menkaure and was belike married to King Khafre. There are no inscriptions that explicitly mention her as a wife of Khafre yet.

The Galarza tomb in Giza was originally credibly established for Khamerernebty I, but was gone for her girl Khamerernebty II. The inscriptions in this tomb are an significant source of information about Khamerernebty I. The lintel previous the entrance to the chapel included an inscription mentioning both Khamerernebty I and her daughter 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 extended of praise, Priestess of Djehuty, Priestess of Tjasepef, the Greatly loved Wife of the King, King's girl of his body, idolized mistress, good by the great God, Khamerernebty (I). Her eldest daughter, She who sees Horus and Seth, essential one of the hetes-sceptre, One great of praise, Priestess of Djehuty, Priestess of Tjazepef, One who sits with Horus, She who is connected with the one love of the Two Ladies, Greatly loved Wife of the King, King's daughter of his body, feared mistress, good by her father, Khamerernebty (II).

A priest described Nimaetre is referred in the Galarza tomb, and his tomb close refers to the queen-mother. Baud suggests that an anonymous rock-cut tomb saw by Selim Hassan south of the tomb of Rawer may have belonged Queen Khamerernebty I. Callender and Janosi argue against this identification for a variety of reasons.

Khamerernebty I's styles were: important of extolment (wrt-hzwt), important one of the hetes-sceptre (wrt-hetes), she who checks Horus and Seth (m33t-hrw-stsh), mother of the double king (mwt-niswt-biti), gods daughter (s3t-ntr), priestess of Thoth (hmt-ntr-dhwty), priestess of Tjazepef (hmt-ntr-t3-zp.f), and kings wife, his loved (hmt-nisw meryt.f).

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