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Nakhtneith
Stela with name of Nakhtneith
Queen consort of Egypt
Tenure	c. 3050 BC
Died	c. 3050 BC
Burial	Umm El Qa'ab, Sohag, Egypt
Spouse	Pharaoh Djer
Issue	Merneith? Djet?
Dynasty	1st Dynasty of Egypt
Religion	Ancient Egyptian religion

Nakhtneith in hieroglyphs
Era: Old Kingdom (2686–2181 BC)

Nakhtneith (fl. c. 3050 BC) was a queen consort of ancient Egypt. She lived during the 1st Dynasty. Her name means "strong is (the goddess) Neith".

Biography

Nakhtneith (Nḫt Nj.t) was the wife of Pharaoh Djer. She is known from a stela found in Abydos (stela 95) where she was buried near her husband. On the stela she holds the titles "Great one of the hetes scepter" (Wr.t-ḥts) and "she who carries Horus" (Rmn- Ḥr.(w)). The stela is currently in the Cairo Museum (JE 35005). It measures 31.6 cm high by 18.5 cm wide.

References

1. William Matthew Flinders Petrie: The royal tombs of the earliest dynasties: 1901. Part II (= Memoir of the Egypt Exploration Fund. Band 21). Egypt Exploration Fund u. a., London 1901 (link), Plate XXVII., Object 95.
2. Aidan Dodson & Dyan Hilton: The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt. Thames & Hudson, 2004, ISBN 0-500-05128-3
3. Grajetski Ancient Egyptian Queens: a hieroglyphic dictionary Golden House Publications, pg. 3
4. V. G. Callender, Reviewed Work(s): Die Königsmütter des Alten Ägypten, von der Frühzeit bis zum Ende der 12. Dynastie by Silke Roth, The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, Vol. 91 (2005), pp. 208, JSTOR

v t e First Dynasty of Ancient Egypt
Pharaohs	Menes/Narmer Hor-Aha Djer Djet Den Anedjib Semerkhet Qa'a
Regents	Neithhotep Merneith
Queen consorts	Benerib Herneith Penebui Nakhtneith Khenthap Semat Serethor Seshemetka Betrest
Officials	Amka Hemaka Sabef Meriiti
Other people	Ahaneith
Artefacts and monuments	Narmer macehead Narmer palette Den seal impressions Abydos boats MacGregor plaque Mastabas S3503 and S3504
Capital	Thinis

• 31st-century BC women
• Queens consort of the First Dynasty of Egypt
• Djer