Nebet was an
Egyptian Queen
''Egyptian Queen'' is a painting by Frank Frazetta, made in 1969 for the cover of the Horror comics, horror-comic magazine ''Eerie''. It depicts a near-nude woman leaning against a column, accompanied by a leopard on the floor and a bare-chested m ...
, the wife of King
Unas
Unas or Wenis, also spelled Unis ( egy, wnjs, hellenized form Oenas or Onnos), was a pharaoh, the ninth and last ruler of the Fifth Dynasty of Egypt during the Old Kingdom. Unas reigned for 15 to 30 years in the mid-24th century BC (circa 23 ...
. She lived during the time of the
Fifth Dynasty of Egypt
The Fifth Dynasty of ancient Egypt (notated Dynasty V) is often combined with Dynasties III, IV and VI under the group title the Old Kingdom. The Fifth Dynasty pharaohs reigned for approximately 150 years, from the early 25th century BC until ...
. She is held the mother of the Crown Prince
Unas-ankh
Unas or Wenis, also spelled Unis ( egy, wnjs, hellenized form Oenas or Onnos), was a pharaoh, the ninth and last ruler of the Fifth Dynasty of Egypt during the Old Kingdom. Unas reigned for 15 to 30 years in the mid- 24th century BC (circa 2 ...
, though this fact is disputed. In addition to Unas Anch, Nebet may also be the mother of Khentkaues, Neferut, and Nefertkaues.
Tomb
Nebet was buried in a double
mastaba
A mastaba (, or ), also mastabah, mastabat or pr- djt (meaning "house of stability", " house of eternity" or "eternal house" in Ancient Egyptian), is a type of ancient Egyptian tomb in the form of a flat-roofed, rectangular structure with inwar ...
with another queen,
Khenut
Khenut was the Queen of Egypt, the wife of King Unas. She lived during the time of the Fifth Dynasty of Egypt. She was a suspected mother of Queen Iput.
Burial
Khenut was buried in a double mastaba with another queen named Nebet next to the Pyr ...
, next to the
Pyramid of Unas
The pyramid of Unas (Egyptian: ''Nfr swt Wnjs'' "Beautiful are the places of Unas") is a smooth-sided pyramid built in the 24th century BC for the Egyptian pharaoh Unas, the ninth and final king of the Fifth Dynasty. It is the smallest Old King ...
in
Saqqara
Saqqara ( ar, سقارة, ), also spelled Sakkara or Saccara in English , is an Egyptian village in Giza Governorate, that contains ancient burial grounds of Egyptian royalty, serving as the necropolis for the ancient Egyptian capital, Memphis. ...
. The mastaba was excavated by Peter Munro.
Titles
Nebet's titles are: "Great One of the ''hetes-sceptre''" (''wrt-hetes''), "She who sees
Horus
Horus or Heru, Hor, Har in Ancient Egyptian, is one of the most significant ancient Egyptian deities who served many functions, most notably as god of kingship and the sky. He was worshipped from at least the late prehistoric Egypt until the P ...
and Seth" (''mȝȝt-ḥrw-stẖ''), "Great of Praises" (''wrt-ḥzwt''), "King's Wife, his beloved" (''ḥmt-nsw mryt.f''), "Consort and Beloved of the
Two Ladies
In Ancient Egyptian texts, the "Two Ladies" ( egy, nbtj, sometimes anglicized ''Nebty'') was a religious epithet for the goddesses Wadjet and Nekhbet, two deities who were patrons of the ancient Egyptians and worshiped by all after the unificati ...
" (''smȝyt-mry-nbty''), "Attendant of the Great One" (''ḫtt-wr''), "Companion of Horus" (''smrt-ḥrw''), "Companion of Horus, his beloved" (''smrt-ḥrw-mryt.f'') and "Companion of Horus" (''tist-ḥrw'').
Even though she bears the titles of a queen, she is depicted in her tomb as a high-ranking woman without any of the insignia of a queen.
She had her own estates, which were administered by women.
[Grajetzki, ''Ancient Egyptian Queens: A Hieroglyphic Dictionary'', Golden House Publications, London, 2005, ]
References
{{Queens of Ancient Egypt
Queens consort of the Fifth Dynasty of Egypt