Neferneferuaten
| Neferneferuaten | |
|---|---|
| Pharaoh | |
| Reign |
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| Predecessor | Uncertain: Akhenaten or Smenkhkare |
| Successor | Tutankhamun |
| Consort | if Nefertiti: Akhenaten if Meritaten: Smenkhkare |
| Died | 1333 BC or 1332 BC |
| Dynasty | Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt |
Ankhkheperure-Merit-Neferkheperure/Waenre/Aten Neferneferuaten (Ancient Egyptian: nfr-nfrw-jtn), or "Neferneferuaten", is the name of a queen regnant ('female king') of ancient Egypt who reigned in her own right near the end of the Amarna Period during the Eighteenth Dynasty. Her name features feminine gender traces; and one of her epithets was Akhet-en-hyes ("Effective for her husband"). This epithet also features in one version of her nomen (birth name) cartouche. (See Ancient Egyptian royal titulary.)
She is distinguished from the king Smenkhkare, with whom she shared the prenomen (throne name) Ankhkheperure, by the presence of epithets in both cartouches. It has been suggested that she was in fact Smenkhkare's wife Meritaten or his predecessor Akhenaten's widow Nefertiti.