Neferu

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Neferu is an ancient Egyptian female name borne by several royal women, including queens and princesses of the Middle and New Kingdoms.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Neferu canonical 2
Neferet 1
Neferu (daughter of Egyptian king) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Egyptian name ⓘ
given name ⓘ
associatedWith Egyptian queenship ⓘ
Egyptian royalty ⓘ
royal harems ⓘ
attestedIn royal titulary lists ⓘ
stelae ⓘ
tomb inscriptions ⓘ
attestedInPeriod Middle Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
New Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
category Ancient Egyptian feminine given names ⓘ
Feminine given names ⓘ
culturalRole indicator of beauty or goodness ⓘ
marker of status ⓘ
etymologicalRoot Ancient Egyptian word "nfr" ⓘ
frequencyInCorpus moderate among royal women ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
hasNameBearersInDynasty 11th Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
12th Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
18th Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
hasNameElement nefer ⓘ
hasNotableBearer Neferu (daughter of Egyptian king) ⓘ
linked to: Neferu

Princess Neferu (Middle Kingdom princess) ⓘ
Queen Neferu (wife of Mentuhotep II) ⓘ
hasVariant Neferet ⓘ
linked to: Neferu

Neferu(t) ⓘ
linked to: Neferu

Nefru ⓘ
language Ancient Egyptian language ⓘ
linked to: Ancient Egyptian
meaningApproximate beauty ⓘ
the beautiful one ⓘ
nameBearerType princesses ⓘ
queens ⓘ
royal women ⓘ
nameElementMeaning beautiful ⓘ
good ⓘ
nameStatus historical ⓘ
nameType theophoric name ⓘ
onamasticType personal name ⓘ
regionOfUse Nile Valley ⓘ
religiousContext ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
scriptDirection right-to-left ⓘ
semanticField aesthetics ⓘ
virtue ⓘ
transliterationSystem Egyptological transliteration ⓘ
usedBySocialClass elite women ⓘ
royal family ⓘ
usedInCulture Ancient Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Pharaonic Egypt
writingSystem Egyptian hieroglyphs ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

Sobekneferu → hasPartInName → Neferu ⓘ
Amenemhat II → mother → Neferu ⓘ
Neferu → hasVariant → Neferet ⓘ
linked to: Neferu
Neferu → hasVariant → Neferu(t) ⓘ
linked to: Neferu
Neferu → hasNotableBearer → Neferu (daughter of Egyptian king) ⓘ
linked to: Neferu