Neferubity (Ancient Egyptian: nfrw bity) was an ancient Egyptian princess of the 18th Dynasty. She was the daughter of Pharaoh Thutmose I and Ahmose, the sister of Hatshepsut and the half-sister of Thutmose II, Wadjmose and Amenmose.[1]

Nefrubity
King's Daughter
Nefrubity with Queen Ahmose and Pharaoh Thutmose I at Deir el-Bahari
Egyptian name
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Dynasty18th Dynasty
FatherThutmose I
MotherAhmose

Her name means "Beauties of Lower Egypt" through the hieroglyphs "nefer", meaning "beauty", and "bity", meaning "Lower Egypt".

She is depicted with her parents Thutmose I and Ahmose in Hatshepsut's Deir el-Bahari mortuary temple, then vanishes. It is assumed that she died young, with her only depiction having a "sidelock of youth".[2][3]

Sources

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  1. ^ Aidan Dodson & Dyan Hilton: The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt. Thames & Hudson, 2004, ISBN 0-500-05128-3 p.140
  2. ^ Dodson & Hilton, p.130
  3. ^ Joyce Tyldesley: Queens of Egypt. 2006