Herneith

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Herneith was an early ancient Egyptian queen consort, likely of the 1st Dynasty, known from archaeological evidence suggesting she was closely connected to King Den’s royal household.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Herneith canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf 1st Dynasty person
ancient Egyptian queen consort
archaeologicalContext royal cemetery at Abydos
associatedDynastyRuler Den
associatedWith King Den
burialPlace Abydos
burialSite Tomb Y at Umm el-Qaab
Umm el-Qaab necropolis
chronologicalPosition early 1st Dynasty
countryOfCitizenship Ancient Egypt
linked to: Pharaonic Egypt
culture ancient Egyptian
dynasty First Dynasty of Egypt
era Early Dynastic Egypt
floruit c. 3000 BCE
knownFrom archaeological evidence
inscriptions on stone vessels
seal impressions
language Egyptian
linked to: Ancient Egyptian
memberOf royal household of King Den
nameWrittenIn hieroglyphs
notableFor being one of the earliest known Egyptian queens
close connection to King Den’s royal household
positionHeld queen consort of Egypt
possibleTitle king’s wife
queen
religion ancient Egyptian religion
residence Abydos
sexOrGender female
spouse Den
timePeriod Early Dynastic Period of Egypt

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Referenced by (4)

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

Den possibleMother Herneith
Djer spouse Herneith
Udimu possibleMother Herneith
Djet mother Herneith