Nefertiabet ("Nefert-Yabet", nfrt-jꜣbt; "Beautiful One of the iabet") was an princess of the 4th Dynasty. She may have been a daughter of Pharaoh Khufu,
She lived around the reign of Khufu/Kheops (ca. 2589-2566 BCE).
Tomb
Her tomb at
Giza is known (Giza West Field,
Mastaba G 1225). The mastaba is about 24.25 x 11.05 m. in size. The tomb originally contained one shaft, which contained the burial of Nefertiabet. The shaft comprises a passage and a chamber. Fragments of a white limestone coffin with a flat lid were found. A canopic pit had been dug in one of the corners of the chamber. The chamber contained several bowls and jars. An annex with one additional burial shaft was added later, but was found emptied.
Her mastaba is one of the earliest to have been built in Cemetery 1200 near the Great Pyramid, dating it to the first decade of
Khufu’s reign, in the middle of his reign.
File:Tomb of Nefertiabet (G 1225), next to the Great Pyramid of Cheops.png|Tomb of Nefertiabet (G 1225), next to the Great Pyramid of Cheops
File:Chapel area with reconstructed facade of Tomb G 1225 (1905).jpg|Chapel area with reconstructed facade of Tomb G 1225 (1905)
File:Tomb 1225 plan.png|Plan of Tomb G 1225
A statue of her, now in Munich, may originate from her tomb, but there is a high probability that this is intrusive, and that the statue was excavated from a different tomb.
Stela
There is a well-known
slab stela depicting the princess in front of her food for the afterlife, that is now in the
Louvre.
[, p.60] It is a well-preserved stela, complete with red, yellow, black, and green colors.
The original colors of her tomb were well preserved to this day, including her yellow skin color.
The stela was located on the outer wall of her tomb at Giza, at the foot of the
Great Pyramid.
Nefertiabet is shown seated facing right, clothed in panther skin, and seated on a chair with carvings a bull's feet and papyrus umbels.
Above her is the inscription "the king's daughter Nefertiabet".
An offering table in front of her bears reeds, as is common, indicating "the field", as well as sundry other foodstuffs.
Sources
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