Neferure
Egyptian · quartigod · new kingdom · Recorded classification
Quartigod daughter of Hatshepsut by Thutmose II. Held the title God's Wife of Amun. Tutored by the chief steward Senenmut, who appears with her in eight surviving block-statues — the most-attested non-royal-and-royal-child intimate-relationship in surviving New Kingdom monumental statuary. Disappeared from the historical record by year 16 of Thutmose III's sole reign; her precise fate is uncertain.
Parentage
- mother: HatshepsutSenenmut block-statues; Karnak inscriptions (primary)
Relations
- mother: HatshepsutSenenmut block-statues; Karnak inscriptions (primary)
- father: Thutmose II (18th-dynasty pharaoh, half-brother and husband of Hatshepsut) · EgyptianKarnak inscriptions; Deir el-Bahari Birth Cycle frame (primary)
Sources
- existence: Senenmut block-statues (Berlin 2296, Cairo CG 42114-42117, eight surviving examples); Karnak temple inscriptions; Sinai temple inscription year 11 of Hatshepsut; Senenmut Tomb TT71 inscriptions; Maatkare Hatshepsut's Punt Expedition reliefs at Deir el-Bahari (Neferure depicted) (primary)
- parentage: Senenmut block-statues; Karnak inscriptions (primary)