Keminub

Keminubwas anancient Egyptianqueen with the titleking's wife.^[1]She lived during the Late12th DynastyorEarly 13th Dynastyof the EgyptianMiddle Kingdom.

Burial

Tomb

AtDahshur,the tomb of Keminub was next to thepyramidofAmenemhet II.For that reason, it has been suggested she was his wife.^[2]The tomb had been heavily plundered by robbers, leaving only fragments of the coffins, which allowed the archaeologists to identify the names and titles of the Keminub. The tomb is characterized by a long vaulted corridor, mud-brick walls, and a thoroughly looted burial chamber.^[3]

Coffin

The style of her coffin and burial is close to burials of the 13th dynasty. She may therefore have been a queen of this dynasty instead. The name of her husband is so far unknown.^[4]Keminub was buried together with a treasurer namedAmenhotep,who is dated to the13th Dynasty.

Book of the Dead

On the fragments of her coffin appears one of the earliest attestations of chapter 151 of theBook of the Dead.^{[citation needed]}

References

^Grajetzki, Ancient Egyptian Queens: A Hieroglyphic Dictionary, Golden House Publications, London, 2005,ISBN 978-0-9547218-9-3
^Dodson, Aidan and Hilton, Dyan. The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt. Thames & Hudson. 2004.ISBN 0-500-05128-3
^Morgan 1903
^K. S. B. Ryholt, Adam Bülow-Jacobsen, The political situation in Egypt during the second intermediate period, c. 1800-1550 B.C., Museum Tusculanum Press, 1997

Literature

Jacques Jean Marie de Morgan:Fouilles à Dahchour en 1894-1895,Wien 1903, p. 70, fig. 117
Peter Janosi:Keminub - eine Gemahlin Amenemhets II.?,In:Zwischen den beiden Ewigkeiten, Festschrift Gertrud Thausing,Bietak, Manfred (Hrsg.), p. 94 - 101

[1] Grajetzki, Ancient Egyptian Queens: A Hieroglyphic Dictionary, Golden House Publications, London, 2005,ISBN 978-0-9547218-9-3

[2] Dodson, Aidan and Hilton, Dyan. The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt. Thames & Hudson. 2004.ISBN 0-500-05128-3

[3] Morgan 1903

[4] K. S. B. Ryholt, Adam Bülow-Jacobsen, The political situation in Egypt during the second intermediate period, c. 1800-1550 B.C., Museum Tusculanum Press, 1997

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