| Consort: | yes |
| Benerib | |
| Succession: | Queen consort of Egypt |
| Reign: | 3050 BC |
| Death Date: | 3050 BC |
| Place Of Burial: | B14, Umm el-Qa'ab |
| Spouse: | Pharaoh Hor-Aha |
| Dynasty: | 1st Dynasty of Egypt |
| Religion: | Ancient Egyptian Religion |
Benerib was a queen consort of ancient Egypt from First Dynasty. Benerib's name means "sweet(bene) of heart(ib)".
Benerib was a wife of pharaoh Hor-Aha,[1] but she was not the mother of his heir, Djer. The mother of king Djer is named as Khenthap, another wife of Hor-Aha. Benerib is thought to be the wife of Hor-Aha based on ivories found in her tomb at Abydos which show his name. A fragment of an ivory box with the names of Hor-Aha and Benerib was also found at Abydos and is now in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.[2]
Egyptologist John Romer argued that Benerib's name, which can be translated to "sweetheart" or "one who is pleasant at heart", may not even be a name at all but rather a title or epithet for a person whose sex is also not confirmed by the name.[3]
Benerib's titles are not known, and neither is the identity of her parents.
Benerib was buried at Umm el-Qa'ab in tomb B14.[4]