| Nebsemi | ||||||||
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| Dynasty | 18th Dynasty | |||||||
| Pharaoh(s) | Thutmose III | |||||||
| Titles | King's Wife | |||||||
| Spouse(s) | Thutmose III | |||||||
| Burial | Unknown | |||||||
Nebsemi (transliteration: nb-smỉ) was an ancient Egyptian King's Wife of the Eighteenth Dynasty during the New Kingdom.
Titles[]
Nebsemi's titles were: "King's Wife" (ḥmt-nỉswt) and "King's Beloved Wife" (ḥmt-nỉswt mry.t-f).[1]
Family[]
Nebsemi was a minor wife of Pharaoh Thutmose III.[2] Her parentage and offspring remain unknown.
Attestation[]
A fragment of a granite statue of hers was found in Thutmose's Theban mortuary temple. It is about 80 cm high and 30 cm wide, and portrays the queen in a sitting position. Its style is reminiscent of 12th Dynasty statues, but since nothing else of that period was found in the temple, it was dated to the 18th dynasty. Nebsemi's name is not known from other sources, but judging from the statue's size she was an important person during the time when the temple was built. Her name is followed by the epithet Maa Kheru (mꜢꜤ ḫrw, meaning: "True of Voice") indicating that she was already dead when the statue was made.[3]
Burial[]
The whereabouts of Nebsemi's tomb and mummy remain unknown.
References[]
Bibliography[]
- Grajetzki, W., 2005: Ancient Egyptian Queens: A Hieroglyphic Dictionary. Golden House Publications, London.
- Weigall, A.E.P., 1900: A report on the excavation of the funeral temple of Thoutmosis III at Gurneh. In: Annales du Service des antiquités de l'Egypte. Vol. VII.