Keminub was an
ancient Egyptian woman with the title ''king's wife''. She is only known from her burial next to the
pyramid
A pyramid (from el, πυραμίς ') is a structure whose outer surfaces are triangular and converge to a single step at the top, making the shape roughly a pyramid in the geometric sense. The base of a pyramid can be trilateral, quadrilat ...
of
Amenemhet II
Nubkaure Amenemhat II, also known as Amenemhet II, was the third pharaoh of the 12th Dynasty of ancient Egypt. Although he ruled for at least 35 years, his reign is rather obscure, as well as his family relationships.
Family
Archaeological find ...
at
Dahshur
DahshurAlso transliterated ''Dahshour'' (in English often called ''Dashur'' ar, دهشور ' , ''Dahchur'') is a royal necropolis located in the desert on the west bank of the Nile approximately south of Cairo. It is known chiefly for several p ...
. For that reason, it has been suggested she was his wife.
Keminub was buried together with a treasurer named
Amenhotep
Amenhotep (''Ỉmn-ḥtp''; "Amun is pleased" or "Amun is satisfied") is an ancient Egyptian name. Its Greek version is Amenophis (). Its notable bearers were:
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Pharaohs of the 18th dynasty
*Amenhotep I
*Amenhotep II
*Amenhotep III
*Am ...
, who is dated to the
13th Dynasty
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. The style of her coffin and burial is close to burials of the 13th dynasty. She may therefore have been a queen of this dynasty instead. The name of her husband is so far unknown.
[K. S. B. Ryholt, Adam Bülow-Jacobsen, The political situation in Egypt during the second intermediate period, c. 1800-1550 B.C., Museum Tusculanum Press, 1997] On the fragments of her coffin appears one of the earliest attestations of chapter 151 of the ''
Book of the Dead
The ''Book of the Dead'' ( egy, 𓂋𓏤𓈒𓈒𓈒𓏌𓏤𓉐𓂋𓏏𓂻𓅓𓉔𓂋𓅱𓇳𓏤, ''rw n(y)w prt m hrw(w)'') is an ancient Egyptian funerary text generally written on papyrus and used from the beginning of the New Kingdom ...
.''
References
Literature
*Jacques Jean Marie de Morgan: ''Fouilles à Dahchour en 1894-1895'', Wien 1903, p. 70, fig. 117
*Peter Janosi: ''Keminub - eine Gemahlin Amenemhets II.?'', In: ''Zwischen den beiden Ewigkeiten, Festschrift Gertrud Thausing'', Bietak, Manfred (Hrsg.), p. 94 - 101
{{Queens of Ancient Egypt
18th-century BC women
17th-century BC women
Queens consort of the Thirteenth Dynasty of Egypt