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Nebet
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Era: Old Kingdom
(2686–2181 BC)

Nebet (“Lady”) was created vizier during the late Old Kingdom of Egypt by Pharaoh Pepi I of the Sixth Dynasty,[1][2] who was her son-in-law (and possibly also her nephew).[3] She is the first recorded female vizier in Ancient Egyptian history; the next was in the 26th Dynasty.[4][5]

She was the wife of the nobleman Khui, who was overseer of the Pyramid City.[6]

Her daughters, the Queens Ankhesenpepi I and Ankhesenpepi II were, respectively, the mothers of the Pharaohs Merenre Nemtyemsaf and Pepi II.

Her son Djau, who had a tomb in Abydosbecame vizier for his nephews, the pharaohs.[7] She is mentioned in his tomb.

Vizier Nebet was a contemporary of Weni the Elder.[6]

References

  1. ^ Garcia, Moreno; Carlos, Juan (2012-06-12). "Deir el-Gabrawi". UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology. 1 (1).
  2. ^ Kanawati, Naguib (2010), Hawass, Zahi A.; Ikram, Salima (eds.), "The Vizier Nebet and the royal women of the sixth dynasty", Thebes and beyond, Supplément aux Annales du Service des antiquités de l'Egypte, Cairo, Egypt: Conseil Suprême des Antiquités de l'Egypte, pp. 115–125, ISBN 978-977-704-377-9, retrieved 2023-12-31
  3. ^ McCoskey, Allison (2020-03-01). "Kanawati, Naguib / Swinton, Joyce:Egypt in the Sixth Dynasty: Challenges and responses. Wallasey: Abercromby Press 2018. XIV, 250 S., 39 Bildtaf. £ 45. ISBN 978-1-912246-01-4". Orientalistische Literaturzeitung (in German). 115 (1): 29–31. doi:10.1515/olzg-2020-0006. ISSN 2196-6877.
  4. ^ Naguib Kanawati, Conspiracies in the Egyptian Palace: Unis to Pepy I, London - New York, 2003, p. 173
  5. ^ Lupo, Silvia (2007). Territorial Appropriation during the Old Kingdom (XXVIIIth-XXIIIrd centuries BC): The royal necropolises and the pyramid towns in Egypt. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press. ISBN 978-1-4073-0011-5.
  6. ^ a b Sameh Shafik, Sameh (2020-12-01). "The provincial policies of Teti, Pepy I and Merenre in Upper Egypt". International Journal of Heritage, Tourism and Hospitality. 14 (2): 61–72. doi:10.21608/ijhth.2020.154172. ISSN 2636-414X.
  7. ^ Shafik, Sameh (2021-06-01). "Chronology of the Governors of Deir El-Gebrawi Revisited". International Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Management. 4 (1): 95–108. doi:10.21608/ijthm.2021.177911. ISSN 2682-3632.

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