| Benerib | |||||
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| Queen Consort of Egypt | |||||
 Names of Benerib and Hor-Aha, British Museum | |||||
| Burial | B14, Umm el-Qa'ab | ||||
| Spouse | Pharaoh Hor-Aha | ||||
| Issue | Unknown | ||||
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| Dynasty | 1st Dynasty of Egypt | ||||
| Father | Unknown | ||||
| Mother | Unknown | ||||
| Religion | Ancient Egyptian Religion | ||||
Benerib was a queen consort of ancient Egypt from First Dynasty. Benerib's name means "sweet(bene) of heart(ib)".
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| Era: Old Kingdom (2686–2181 BC) | |||
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Benerib was a wife of pharaoh Hor-Aha, [2] but she was not the mother of his heir, Djer. The mother of king Djer is named as Khenthap, another wife of Hor-Aha. Benerib is thought to be the wife of Hor-Aha based on ivories found in her tomb at Abydos which show his name. A fragment of an ivory box with the names of Hor-Aha and Benerib was also found at Abydos and is now in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. [3]
Egyptologist John Romer argued that Benerib's name, which can be translated to "sweetheart" or "one who is pleasant at heart", may not even be a name at all but rather a title or epithet for a person whose sex is also not confirmed by the name. [4]
Benerib's titles are not known, and neither is the identity of her parents.
Benerib was buried at Umm el-Qa'ab in tomb B14. [5]
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