Moutnedjemet
Moutnedjemet ( Must soft the ), lady of the Egyptian nobility, was the wife of Horemheb, last sovereign of. Certain historians think that it was the sister of the queen Néfertiti, the wife of Akhénaton. The theory advancing that its marriage with the Horemheb general gave a legitimacy to this last at the time of its accession to the throne is a doubtful assertion, since neither Néfertiti, nor Moutnedjemet had royal blood. They would be however, seemingly, the girls of the “Divine Father” Aÿ, which occupied the throne of Egypt during two years.
It is represented in certain tombs of Akhétaton (Amarna), in particular in that of her supposed father, Aÿ, where it is depicted as an young girl. Its titles include Soeur of the Large Royal Wife (implying a direct relationship with Néfertiti), like: Singer of Hathor, Singer of Amon . Then, as a woman of Horemheb, it is Grande Royal Wife, Dame North and South, Maîtresse of the Two Grounds .
Moutnedjemet is occasionally shown in company of the first three girls of Néfertiti (Mérytaton, Mékhetaton, and Ânkhésenpaaton) on reliefs.
According to some discovered in the funerary room of Horemheb, Moutnedjemet died shortly after year 13 of the reign of her husband, and was to then be at least forty years old. Its mummy was discovered in the first fall that Horemheb was intended, to Memphis. Its study made it possible to show that it had given birth to on several occasions. The presence of the mummy of a premature child, still-born child, at his sides could mean a death in layer.
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