Nedjeftet is a queen mentioned on reliefs discovered near the pyramid complex of
Pepi I
Pepi I Meryre (also Pepy I) was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh, third king of the Sixth Dynasty of Egypt, who ruled for over 40 years at the turn of the 24th and 23rd centuries BC, toward the end of the Old Kingdom period. He was the son of ...
(close to the pyramid complex of Queen
Inenek-Inti
Inenek, also called Inti, was an ancient Egyptian queen consort, a wife of Pharaoh Pepi I of the 6th Dynasty.
Titles
Inti's titles were: ''Hereditary Princess'' (''iryt-p`t''), ''Foremost of the Elite'' (''ḥ`tit-p`t''), ''King’s Wife'' (' ...
).
[Dobrev, Vassil and Leclant, Jean. ''Nedjeftet. Une nouvelle reine identifiée à Saqqara-Sud''. BIFAO 97 (1997). p. 149-156.] She was a wife of Pepi.
[Verner, M. ''The Pyramids: The Mystery, Culture and Science of Egypt's great Monuments''.] Her name was also that of the 20th
nome, later known as the
Herakleopolis
Heracleopolis Magna ( grc-gre, Μεγάλη Ἡρακλέους πόλις, ''Megálē Herakléous pólis'') and Heracleopolis (, ''Herakleópolis'') and Herakleoupolis (), is the Roman name of the capital of the 20th nome of ancient Upper Eg ...
nome, in
Upper Egypt
Upper Egypt ( ar, صعيد مصر ', shortened to , , locally: ; ) is the southern portion of Egypt and is composed of the lands on both sides of the Nile that extend upriver from Lower Egypt in the north to Nubia in the south.
In ancient ...
;
it is possible her family came from there and the marriage was to strengthen the king's position as opposed to the local lords.
Titles
Her titles were: ''Great one of the hetes-sceptre'' (''wrt-ḥts''), ''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'' (''m33t-hrw-stsh''), ''Great of Praises'' (''wrt-ḥzwt''), ''King’s Wife'' (''ḥmt-niswt''), ''King’s Wife, his beloved'' (''ḥmt-niswt meryt.f''), and ''Attendant of Horus'' (''ḫt-ḥrw'').
[Grajetzki, Wolfram ''Ancient Egyptian Queens: A Hieroglyphic Dictionary'']
References
{{Queens of Ancient Egypt
24th-century BC women
23rd-century BC women
Queens consort of the Sixth Dynasty of Egypt
Pepi I Meryre