Nebty-tepites explained

Nebty-tepites
Birth Name:Nebty-tepites
Burial Place:unknown
Other Names:Nebtytepites
Princess of Egypt
Father:Prince Horbaef
Mother:Queen Meresankh II

Nebty-tepites (nb.tỉ tp ỉt=s, "The two crowns on the head of her father"[1]) was a Princess of ancient Egypt. She is mentioned in the tomb of her mother, Meresankh II.[2]

Biography

Nebty-tepites was a daughter of Prince Horbaef and his half-sister Meresankh II. She had a sister Nefertkau III and a brother Djaty. After Horbaef's death, Meresankh married one Pharaoh, either Djedefra or Khafre and she became a queen. So, Nebty-tepites was a niece and step-daughter of her mother's second husband.[3]

Notes and References

  1. George A. Reisner. A History of the Giza Necropolis III, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Chapter 16: The Royal Family of Dynasty Four, page 146
  2. http://gizapyramids.org/ Giza pyramids
  3. http://gizapyramids.org/view/people/asitem/search@/27/alphaSort-asc?t:state:flow=e0f2175d-68f9-440f-8a07-4d9b7a9e0c7f&t:state:flow1=124940fb-c875-4dee-be8c-1d513eb1f217 Resiner, op.cit., pp.146-149