{{Short description|Ancient Egyptian vizier}} {{Infobox Egyptian dignitary | Name= Neferweben | Style = [[Vizier (Ancient Egypt)|Vizier]] of [[Lower Egypt|the North]] | Image = |Caption= | Egyptian_name = <hiero>nfr-N8-A52</hiero><ref name="Blackman"/> | Predecessor= | Successor= | Dynasty= [[Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt|18th Dynasty]] | Pharaoh= [[Thutmose III]] | Father= [[Amethu called Ahmose]] | Mother= Ta-Amenthu | Wife= Bet(au) | Children= [[Rekhmire]] | Burial= }}
'''Nebweben''' was an [[ancient Egypt]]ian [[Vizier (Ancient Egypt)|vizier of the North]] under pharaoh [[Thutmose III]] of the [[18th Dynasty]].
==Family== Neferweben was the son of vizier [[Amethu called Ahmose]], who served during the reign of [[Thutmose II]] and the early years of the combined reigns of [[Hatshepsut]] and [[Thutmose III]]. He was the brother of vizier [[Useramen]] and the father of vizier [[Rekhmire]]. Useramen is last attested in year 28 of Thutmose III, while Rekhmire is first attested as vizier in year 32. According to an older hypothesis Neferweben served as vizier in the intervening years.<ref name="Dunham"> Dows Dunham, Three Inscribed Statues in Boston, The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, Vol. 15, No. 3/4 (Nov., 1929), pp. 164-166</ref> However, his canopic jar was found in [[Saqqara]] where he was most likely buried. The burial place indicates that he was a vizier with his office in the northern part of the country (during the [[New Kingdom of Egypt|New Kingdom]] the vizierate was divided into [[Upper Egypt|Upper]] (South) and [[Lower Egypt]] (North)).<ref>Beatrix Geßler-Löhr: ''Bemerkungen zur Nekropole des Neuen Reiches von Saqqara vor der Amarna-Zeit I: Gräber der Wesire von Unterägypten.'' In: Dieter Kessler, Regine Schulz: (Hrsg.): ''Gedenkschrift für Winfried Barta'' (= Münchener ägyptologische Untersuchungen. Bd. 4). Lang, Frankfurt am Main u. a. 1995, {{ISBN|3-631-48366-X}}, p. 134–135.</ref>
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==Vizier== The vizier Neferweben is known from two [[canopic jar]]s found in [[Saqqara]]. The two jars are part of the Nugent collection (originally belonging to [[George Nugent-Grenville, 2nd Baron Nugent]]). One of the jars has an inscription dedicated to [[Neith]] and [[Duamutef]], while the other mentions [[Serket]] and [[Qebehsenuef]].<ref name="Blackman">Aylward M. Blackman, The Nugent and Haggard Collections of Egyptian Antiquities, The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, Vol. 4, No. 1 (Jan., 1917), pp. 39-46</ref>
The [[Boston Museum of Fine Arts]] has a small red granite statue (29.728) inscribed for Neferweben.<ref>[http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/statuette-of-vizier-neferweben-146553 Statue of the Vizier Neferweben] Statue image and description from the BMFA online collection</ref><ref name="Dunham"/>
==References== {{Reflist}}
[[Category:Viziers of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt]] [[Category:Year of birth unknown]] [[Category:Year of death unknown]]