Nimaethap II (also Nymaathap) was an ancient Egyptian queen, most likely living in the

Fifth Dynasty The Fifth Dynasty of ancient Egypt (notated Dynasty V) is often combined with Dynasties Third Dynasty of Egypt, III, Fourth Dynasty of Egypt, IV and Sixth Dynasty of Egypt, VI under the group title the Old Kingdom of Egypt, Old Kingdom. The Fifth ...

. She is only known from her

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 ...

tomb excavated by

George Andrew Reisner George Andrew Reisner Jr. (November 5, 1867 – June 6, 1942) was an American archaeologist of Ancient Egypt, Nubia and Palestine. Biography Reisner was born in Indianapolis, Indiana. His parents were George Andrew Reisner I and Mary Elizabeth ...

Giza Giza (; sometimes spelled ''Gizah'' arz, الجيزة ' ) is the second-largest city in Egypt after Cairo and fourth-largest city in Africa after Kinshasa, Lagos and Cairo. It is the capital of Giza Governorate with a total population of 9.2 ...

. Apart from a false door, the cult chambers of the mastaba were undecorated. On the false door the queen bears the titles ''she, who sees Horus and Seth'' and ''great one of the hetes screptre''. These are typical titles for queen of the Egyptian Old Kingdom. Her mastaba dates on architectural grounds to the Fifth Dynasty, but it is not possible to be more precise on the dating. Her royal husband remains therefore unknown.Vievienn Gae Callender: ''In Hathor's Image I, The wives and mother of Egyptian Kings from Dynasties I-VI'', Prague 2011, , 179-182

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Nimaethap 02 Queens consort of the Fifth Dynasty of Egypt 3rd-millennium BC births 3rd-millennium BC deaths