Netjernakht was an Ancient Egyptian official known from his tomb chapel at

Beni Hasan Beni Hasan (also written as Bani Hasan, or also Beni-Hassan) ( ar, بني حسن) is an ancient Egyptian cemetery. It is located approximately to the south of modern-day Minya in the region known as Middle Egypt, the area between Asyut and Mem ...

in Middle Egypt. He lived most likely in the Twelfth Dynasty. His exact date and position are disputed. Netjernakht bears in his tomb chapel different titles. He was on the one side ''overseer of the eastern desert'', but also ''mayor'' ( HAti-a) and ''overseer of the priests of

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, smiter of the rekhyt people''. In his tomb chapel family members are depicted or mentioned. His mother was a woman called Arythotep, who was ''lady of the house'' and ''priestess of

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in Aryt''. His wife was a woman called Herib with the titles ''lady of the house'' and ''

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in Aryt at all her places''. His father is not mentioned in his tomb (Beni Hasan BH23) and remains unknown. In the tomb chapel there is an inscription by the governor

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who states that he made this tomb for ''his father'', Netjernakht. In Ancient Egyptian, ''father'' can also mean grandfather, or even great-grandfather. Therefore, the family relations between these two men and the succession of the office holders of ''overseer of the eastern desert'', but also of the ''mayor'' remains unclear. According to Abdel Ghaffar Shedid, Netjernakht was the predecessor of Khnumhotep II.A. G. Shedid (1994)ː ''Die Felsgräber von Beni Hassan in Mittelaegpten'', Mainz, von Zabern, . page 22

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Netjernakht Nomarchs Officials of the Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt Ancient Egyptian priests