Neferneferuaten

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Neferneferuaten is a debated late-18th Dynasty Egyptian ruler, possibly the female pharaoh Nefertiti or another royal woman, who reigned briefly just before Tutankhamun.

All labels observed (2)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Egyptian ruler ⓘ
late 18th Dynasty ruler ⓘ
pharaoh ⓘ
associatedWith Amarna royal family ⓘ
associatedWithDeity Aten ⓘ
attestedOn inscriptions at Amarna ⓘ
inscriptions at Thebes ⓘ
objects from Tutankhamun’s tomb ⓘ
capitalAssociatedWith Akhetaten (Amarna) ⓘ
linked to: Amarna
chronologicalPlacement after the death or disappearance of Akhenaten ⓘ
before the restoration of Amun’s cult under Tutankhamun ⓘ
coregencyWith Akhenaten ⓘ
distinctFrom Smenkhkare (in many scholarly reconstructions) ⓘ
linked to: Smenkhkare
dynasty Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
era 14th century BCE ⓘ
evidenceType archaeological evidence ⓘ
epigraphic evidence ⓘ
gender possibly female ⓘ
historicalStatus disputed identity ⓘ
short-reigning ruler ⓘ
knownFrom damaged cartouches ⓘ
reused royal objects ⓘ
linkedTo succession crisis after Akhenaten ⓘ
mayHaveHeldTitle Great Royal Wife ⓘ
King’s Daughter ⓘ
modernNameForm Neferneferuaten ⓘ
nameElementMeaning “Beautiful are the beauties of Aten” ⓘ
period New Kingdom ⓘ
politicalContext religious turmoil of the Amarna heresy ⓘ
possibleIdentity Meritaten ⓘ
Nefertiti ⓘ
another royal woman of the Amarna court ⓘ
possiblySameAs female ruler sometimes distinguished from Smenkhkare ⓘ
predecessor Akhenaten ⓘ
region Ancient Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Pharaonic Egypt
regnalLength very short reign (probably a few years or less) ⓘ
reignPeriod late Amarna Period ⓘ
linked to: Amarna period
reignPositionInSequence immediately before Tutankhamun ⓘ
religiousAffiliation Atenism ⓘ
linked to: Aten
researchField Egyptology ⓘ
royalTitularyFeature epithets linking her to Akhenaten ⓘ
feminine grammatical forms in some titles ⓘ
scholarlyDebateTopic succession between Akhenaten and Tutankhamun ⓘ
whether she ruled as sole pharaoh ⓘ
successor Tutankhamun ⓘ
throneNameContains Neferneferuaten ⓘ
topicOf ongoing academic debate ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tutankhamun → predecessor → Neferneferuaten ⓘ
Nefertiti → possiblyRuledAs → Neferneferuaten ⓘ
Neferneferuaten Tasherit → distinctFrom → Neferneferuaten (possible female pharaoh) ⓘ
linked to: Neferneferuaten
Neferneferuaten → throneNameContains → Neferneferuaten ⓘ
Neferneferuaten → modernNameForm → Neferneferuaten ⓘ
Nefer → etymologicalRootOf → Neferneferuaten ⓘ