Ancient Egyptian Forum

Lostris · Posted: Sat May 07, 2005 12:56 pm Post subject: Queen Sobeknofru

Does anybody know sth about pharaoh Sobeknofru? She was a 12th dynasty pharaoh and I only know about her these:
- there's a no-headed statue and she is wearing a man's cloth
- Manethon thought she was the sister of Amenemhat III
So? What do you know about Sobeknofru? Question

Bye: Lostris
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Osiris II · Posted: Sat May 07, 2005 2:12 pm Post subject:

I found this on Tour Egypt:
http://touregypt.net/featurestories/firstqueen.htm

Lostris · Posted: Sat May 07, 2005 5:44 pm Post subject:

Thank you Osiris Very Happy

I checked the link
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Merytre-Hatshepsut · Posted: Sun May 08, 2005 4:39 pm Post subject:

Sobeknefru may have been the sister of Neferuptah.

Neferuptah (daughter of Amenemhat III) started using a royal cartouche towards the end of her life, and she may have been regarded as a potential female king, but died before she could take the throne officially. Her intact tomb was found in 1956 in Hawara.

Sounds like an interesting family Very Happy

Found this reconstruction of what her statue may have looked like (I think they may have grafted Hatshepsut's head on the torso of Neferusobek)

http://www.nemo.nu/ibisportal/0egyptintro/5egypt/5bildsidor/sobeknefrutorso.jpg

Here's a statue with a head:
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/phar/hob_65.59.1.htm

Lostris · Posted: Sat May 14, 2005 4:02 pm Post subject:

Thank you too, Merytre-Hatshepsut it was a great help Very Happy

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