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Hrere (sometimes spelled as Hrēre or Herere; ḥrr.t, "flower")[1][2] was an ancient Egyptian noble lady of the late 20th-early 21st dynasties of Egypt. Although during her life she must have been an influential person, not much is known for certain about her family relationships. The names of her parents have not come down to us and the identity of her husband is not beyond dispute. She is often seen as either the wife or grandmother of the High Priest at Thebes. Piankh,[3]
As will be explained below, Hrere’s exact place in the family of Theban High Priests ultimately depends on two factors, neither of which has yet been resolved:
- the identity of her daughter Nodjmet
- the relative order of Herihor and Piankh
- ^ a b Giuseppina Lenzo: The Two Funerary Papyri of Queen Nedjmet. British Museum Studies in Ancient Egypt and Sudan 15 (2010): 63–83 online[permanent dead link]
- ^ Erman, Adolf & Grapow, Hermann: Wörterbuch der Aegyptischen Sprache., Im Auftrage der Deutschen Akademien (óegyiptomi és német nyelven), Berlin: Akademie Verlag (1971), III. 149
- ^ Morris Bierbrier, JNES 32 (1973), 311