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Neithhotep
| Neithhotep | |
|---|---|
 Alabaster fragment with the name of queen Neith-hotep | |
| Queen consort of Egypt | |
| Tenure | c. 3050 BC |
| Died | c. 3050 BC |
| Burial | |
| Neithhotep in hieroglyphs | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Personal name:
Neith-hotep/Hotep-Neith nt-ḥtp "Neith is merciful"[1] | |||
Neithhotep or Neith-hotep (fl. c. 3050 BC) was an ancient Egyptian queen consort who lived and ruled during the early First Dynasty. She was once thought to be a male ruler: her outstandingly large mastaba and the royal serekh surrounding her name on several seal impressions previously led Egyptologists and historians to the erroneous belief that she might have been an unknown king.[2] As the understanding of early Egyptian writings developed, scholars learned that Neithhotep was in fact a woman of extraordinary rank. She was subsequently considered to be the wife of unified Egypt's first pharaoh, Narmer, and the mother of Hor-Aha.[2]
Archeological evidence may indicate that she may have ruled as pharaoh in her own right, and as such would have been the earliest known female monarch in history.[3]
- ^ Silke Roth: Die Königsmütter des Alten Ägypten von der Frühzeit bis zum Ende der 12. Dynastie. Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 2001, ISBN 3-447-04368-7, p. 377.
- ^ a b Toby A. H. Wilkinson: Early Dynastic Egypt - Strategy, Security and Society. Routledge, London 1999, ISBN 0-415-26011-6, p. 5,p.26 & 174.
- ^ Owen Jarus: Name of queen Neith-hotep found at Wadj Ameyra. In: Live Science, 19. January 2016 (online). (English)
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