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Nubemhat

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Nubemhat(nbw-m-ḥ3t, Gold is at the front,Gold is a name forHathor[2]) was anancient Egyptianqueen of theSecond Intermediate Period.She was the wife of king Sekhemre WadjkhawSobekemsaf I.She had the titleGreat Royal Wifeand is known from several monuments. A statue with her name and title was found atKawainNubia.She also appears on a stela fromDenderahwhere her daughter, theking's daughterSobekemheb is mentioned.[3][4]There also appears theking's sonAmeny, son of the queenHaankhes.[5]

Her only known title isḥm.t-nswt-wr.t( "Great Royal Wife" ).[1]

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  1. ^abGrajetzki, Wolfram. Ancient Egyptian Queens: A Hieroglyphic Dictionary. London: Golden House Publications.ISBN0-9547218-9-6(2005) p.43
  2. ^Persönennamen, pp.10–191
  3. ^Moscow I.1.b.32 and London, University College London 14326, S. Hodjash, O. Berlev:Egyptian Reliefs and Stelae in the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts,Moscow, Leningrad 1982, p. 86-93, no. 41
  4. ^Denderah on Digital Egypt (with translation of the stela)
  5. ^Wolfram Grajetzki:Ancient Egyptian Queens,London 2005, p. 42ISBN0-9547218-9-6
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