Nofret (Neferet) was an ancient Egyptian king's wife, most likely dated to the early Thirteenth Dynasty. She might have been the wife of king

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She is so far only known from one stela found at

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that is today in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.

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, H. Schäfer, ''Grab- und Denksteine des Mittleren Reichs'', Theil I: Text zu No. 20001-20399, Berlin, 1902, pp. 393–4 The stela dates most likely to the

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and belongs to the ''commander of the ruler's crew'' Nedjesankh/Iu. His wife was the ''king's daughter'' Hatshepsut. The text states that the latter was born to the ''king's wife'' Nofret. Not much can be said about her. Her royal husband is not yet identified. K.S.B. Ryholt: ''The Political Situation in Egypt during the Second Intermediate Period, c.1800–1550 BC'', Carsten Niebuhr Institute Publications, vol. 20. Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press, 1997, , p. 246 At Dahshur, a pyramid of King's Daughter Hatshepsut has been associated with king

, making Nofret a possible wife of this king. If her husband and daughter were buried at Dahshur, it is likely she also was buried at this location.

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