Nimaathap

Nimaathap
Queen consort of Egypt
Mother of a King
Seal impression with the name and title of Nimaathap, found at Abydos.[1]
Seal impression with the name and title of Nimaathap, found at Abydos.[2]
Burial
Mastaba K1 at Beit Khallaf (uncertain)
SpouseKhasekhemwy
IssueDjoser
Dynasty2nd of Egypt
3rd of Egypt
Nimaathap in hieroglyphs
Personal name:
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Nimaathap/Nimaat-Hapi
nj-m33.t-Ḥp
Truth of Hapi
Royal title:
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mw.t-nsw.t-btj
Mother of a king
Honorary title:
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Djet-khetneb-iret-nes
ḏt -ḫtnb-jr.t-ns
She who says something and it is done (for her) immediately

Nimaathap (also read as Nima'at-Hapi and Nihap-ma'at[3]) was an ancient Egyptian queen consort at the transition time from 2nd Dynasty to 3rd Dynasty. Nimaathap may have acted as regent for her son Djoser.[4][5]

She is known to have enjoyed a long-lasting mortuary cult.[6]

  1. ^ see Silke Roth: Die Königsmütter des Alten Ägypten von der Frühzeit bis zum Ende der 12. Dynastie (= Ägypten und Altes Testament, vol. 46). Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 2001, ISBN 3-447-04368-7, Obj. 20.
  2. ^ see Silke Roth: Die Königsmütter des Alten Ägypten von der Frühzeit bis zum Ende der 12. Dynastie (= Ägypten und Altes Testament, vol. 46). Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 2001, ISBN 3-447-04368-7, Obj. 20.
  3. ^ Silke Roth: Die Königsmütter des Alten Ägypten von der Frühzeit bis zum Ende der 12. Dynastie (= Ägypten und Altes Testament, vol. 46). Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 2001, ISBN 3-447-04368-7, p. 383.
  4. ^ Christensen, Martin, K. I. (July 27, 2007). "Women in Power: BC 4500-1000". Worldwide Guide to Women in Leadership. Retrieved August 25, 2007.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ Joyce A. Tyldesley, Chronicle of the Queens of Egypt: From Early Dynastic Times to the Death of Cleopatra, Thames & Hudson, 2006
  6. ^ Joyce Tyldesley: Chronicle of the queens of Egypt: from early dynastic times to the death of Cleopatra. Thames & Hudson, London 2006, ISBN 0500051453, p. 25 & 35 - 39.