{{Short description|Ancient Egyptian noble lady}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}} {{See also|Nefertkau I|Nefertkau III}} {{Infobox hieroglyphs |title = Nefertkau |name = <hiero>nfr-r:t-D28*D28:D28</hiero> |name transcription = Nefertkau<br />''Nfr.t kau'' }}
'''Nefertkau II''' was an Ancient Egyptian noble lady, the wife of Prince Khufukhaf I, son of pharaoh Khufu.<ref name="DH">Dodson, Aidan and Hilton, Dyan. The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt. Thames & Hudson. 2004. {{ISBN|0-500-05128-3}}</ref>
Nefertkau and Khufukhaf had several children including two sons named Wetka and Iuenka, as well as an unnamed daughter.<ref>William Kelly Simpson: ''The Mastabas of Kawab, Khafkhufu I and II''</ref> Both sons Wetka and Iuenka appear in the tomb of Khufukhaf and Nefertkau offering papyrus. They are both are given the title ''King's son''.<ref>[http://gizapyramids.org/ Giza Pyramids] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081011131428/http://gizapyramids.org/ |date=11 October 2008 }}, Page for mastaba 7130-7140</ref> An unnamed daughter is depicted behind her seated parents in the inner hall of the mastaba.<ref name="PM">Porter, Bertha and Moss, Rosalind, ''Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Statues, Reliefs and Paintings'' Volume III: Memphis, Part I Abu Rawash to Abusir. 2nd edition; revised and augmented by Dr Jaromir Malek, 1974. Retrieved from gizapyramids.org</ref> It is possible that an official named Khufukhaf II is a third son of Khufukhaf I and Nefertkau.
== Tomb == Nefertkau was buried in G 7130 in Giza located in the east field which is part of the Giza Necropolis. The tomb was part of the double mastaba constructed for Nefertkau and her husband Khufukhaf I.<ref name="PM" /> According to Reisner the construction of the tomb would have started by year 17-24 of the reign of Khufu.<ref>George A. Reisner, ''A History of the Giza Necropolis I'', Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1942, pp 70-74, Retrieved from [http://gizapyramids.org/code/emuseum.asp?newpage=gizanecropolis1 Giza Digital Library: History of the Giza Necropolis Series] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726104817/http://gizapyramids.org/code/emuseum.asp?newpage=gizanecropolis1 |date=26 July 2011 }}</ref>
Nefertkau is depicted in the hall and the inner hall of the mastaba.<ref name="PM" /> Fragments of inscriptions remain showing Khufukhaf I was depicted several times in her chapel. Her son Wetka is depicted at least once.<ref name="Giza2">George A. Reisner and William Stevenson Smith, A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Appendix B: Cemetery 7000 by George Reisner, Harvard University Press, 1955, pp. 32-39 [https://web.archive.org/web/20110716085841/http://www.gizapyramids.org/pdf%20library/GizaNecr2-AppxB_Cem7000.pdf Appendix B: Cemetery 7000 by George Reisner]</ref>
Nefertkau was buried in shaft G 7130 B. The shaft contained fragments of a red granite sarcophagus.<ref name="PM" /> The burial chamber had been reused in the Ptolemaic period. When excavated, a shaft was found leading to the Isis's temple nearby and intrusive shabtis were found on the floor.<ref name="Giza2" />
== References == {{Reflist}}
Category:Princesses of the Fourth Dynasty of Egypt
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