Hetephernebti ḥtp-ḥr-nb.tỉ in hieroglyphs
Era: Old Kingdom (2686–2181 BC)

Hetephernebti
Queen consort of Egypt
Hetephernebti (center) at the feet of her husband, Djoser, next to her daughter Inetkaes (left), and a third woman whose name is lost (right) on one of the boundary stele from Djoser's pyramid at Saqqara.
Spouse	Djoser
Issue	Inetkaes♀
Dynasty	Third Dynasty of Egypt
Father	Khasekhemwy?
Mother	Nimaathap?

Hetephernebti was a queen of the Third Dynasty of the Old Kingdom of ancient Egypt. She was the only known wife of Pharaoh Djoser. ^[1]

Hetephernebti and a King's Daughter Inetkaes were named on stelae found around Djoser's Saqqara pyramid complex and on a Heliopolis relief showing Djoser accompanied by the two of them. ^[2]

Among her titles were “one who sees Horus” (m33.t-ḥrw-) and “great of sceptre” (wr.t-ht=s), both common for important queens in this period, also, she was called “King's Daughter”, which means she was possibly a daughter of Djoser's predecessor Khasekhemwy and Nimaathap, thus a sister or half-sister of her husband. ^[3]

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