Neferure

Princess Neferure carried by her tutor Senenmut.
Statue from the Field Museum in Chicago (Thanks John :) )

Senenmut with Neferure and a close-up of the face of Princess Neferure.
Statue now in the museum in Berlin (Photo courtesy of Sesen)

On the Berlin museum statue Neferure is given the title God's Wife of Amun.
Her name is written in a cartouche (Photo courtesy of Sesen)

Head and part of left shoulder, probably Senenmut (TT71 and 353), with small head of a princess, probably Neferure, under chin, from a seated or block-statue now in Leiden, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, F.1997/7.1. Topographical Bibliography

Neferure as an adult

Neferure has the titles: King’s Daughter (s3t-niswt) and God’s Wife (hmt-ntr). She may have held the titles of Great King’s Wife (hmt-niswt-wrt) and Mistress of Upper and Lower Egypt (hnwt-Shm’w T3-mhw) as well. An inscription later adapted for Queen Satiah (wife of Tuthmosis III) may have originally belonged to Neferure. If so, this indicates that she may have married her half-brother.

There are not many depictions of Neferure as an adult, but at least two scenes from Thebes show Neferure as an adult. The first image below shows Hatshepsut accompanied by a God's Wife of Amun. The priestess is recognizable because of the special modius she wears on her head and the sceptre she holds. Neferure is the only known God's Wife from the time of Hatshepsut. She took over the position of God's Wife from her mother.
In the second scene Neferure is shown between Amun and Hathor. Only the bottom of Neferure's cartouche is preserved, ut the triple nefer sign identifies the God's Wife as princess Neferure.

Queen Hatshepsut shown with a God's Wife of Amun behind her.
This image comes from Luxor and the lady behind Hatshepsut is usuually identified as Neferure.

Also from Luxor comes a block depicting Princess Neferure.
A partial cartouche is visible and her modius identifies her as a God's Wife of Amun.

Burial

Neferure's burial place is not known for certain, but some have speculated that she may have been buried in the Valley of the Monkeys (a valley between the Valley of the Kings and the Valley of the Queens). The alleged tomb of Neferure is in Wady C of the Wady Gabbanat el-Qurud. Allegedly Neferura cartouche was found on a rock. In nearby Wady A a rocktomb was excavated for Neferura's mother Queen Hatshepsut, when she was still a queen. In this general area they also found the tomb of the three foreign wives of Tuthmosis III. ("The Tomb of the Three Foreign Wives of Thutmosis III" by C. Lilyquist)

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	Princess Neferure Princess Neferure was the daughter of Queen Hatshepsut and Tuthmosis II. Neferure was first raised by the courtier Ahmose Pennekhbet, and later by the Steward Senenmut. Some time after Neferure became God's Wife of Amun, it seems that her care was given over to Senimen, a former tutor of Hatshepsut herself. Neferure and Senenmut Several block statues exist showing Senenmut with the princess on his lap. Several of the statues are in the form of a block statue with the head of Princess Neferure emerging from the block. Several of these statues were apparently meant to be dedicated in the temple of Karnak. Another rock-cut statue of Senenmut with Neferure appears above his tomb in Thebes. Princess Neferure carried by her tutor Senenmut. Statue from the Field Museum in Chicago (Thanks John :) ) Senenmut with Neferure and a close-up of the face of Princess Neferure. Statue now in the museum in Berlin (Photo courtesy of Sesen) On the Berlin museum statue Neferure is given the title God's Wife of Amun. Her name is written in a cartouche (Photo courtesy of Sesen) Head and part of left shoulder, probably Senenmut (TT71 and 353), with small head of a princess, probably Neferure, under chin, from a seated or block-statue now in Leiden, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, F.1997/7.1. Topographical Bibliography Neferure as an adult Neferure has the titles: King’s Daughter (s3t-niswt) and God’s Wife (hmt-ntr). She may have held the titles of Great King’s Wife (hmt-niswt-wrt) and Mistress of Upper and Lower Egypt (hnwt-Shm’w T3-mhw) as well. An inscription later adapted for Queen Satiah (wife of Tuthmosis III) may have originally belonged to Neferure. If so, this indicates that she may have married her half-brother. There are not many depictions of Neferure as an adult, but at least two scenes from Thebes show Neferure as an adult. The first image below shows Hatshepsut accompanied by a God's Wife of Amun. The priestess is recognizable because of the special modius she wears on her head and the sceptre she holds. Neferure is the only known God's Wife from the time of Hatshepsut. She took over the position of God's Wife from her mother. In the second scene Neferure is shown between Amun and Hathor. Only the bottom of Neferure's cartouche is preserved, ut the triple nefer sign identifies the God's Wife as princess Neferure. Queen Hatshepsut shown with a God's Wife of Amun behind her. This image comes from Luxor and the lady behind Hatshepsut is usuually identified as Neferure. Also from Luxor comes a block depicting Princess Neferure. A partial cartouche is visible and her modius identifies her as a God's Wife of Amun. Burial Neferure's burial place is not known for certain, but some have speculated that she may have been buried in the Valley of the Monkeys (a valley between the Valley of the Kings and the Valley of the Queens). The alleged tomb of Neferure is in Wady C of the Wady Gabbanat el-Qurud. Allegedly Neferura cartouche was found on a rock. In nearby Wady A a rocktomb was excavated for Neferura's mother Queen Hatshepsut, when she was still a queen. In this general area they also found the tomb of the three foreign wives of Tuthmosis III. ("The Tomb of the Three Foreign Wives of Thutmosis III" by C. Lilyquist)

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