Nefertiti - Nefertiti (English spelling)

Japanese: ネフェルティティ - ねふぇるてぃてぃ(英語表記)Nefertiti
Nefertiti - Nefertiti (English spelling)

Date of birth and death unknown. Queen of Akhenaten (Amenhotep IV), the 10th king of the 18th dynasty of ancient Egypt. Her name means "Beauty has come." She was related to the king by blood (probably cousin). When the king preached the new religion of Aten when he ascended to the throne, she became the first fervent believer. Her beauty played a role in spreading the new religion. She gave birth to six princesses with the king. The second princess, Maketaton, died young, the first princess, Meritaton, became the wife of King Semenkhkara, and the third princess, Ankhesenpatun, married Tutankhatun (later Tutankhamun). Nefertiti, an ardent believer in Aten, opposed the king's attempt to reconcile with Thebes in his later years, and was therefore deposed from her position as queen, spending her days in solitude practicing her faith in the palace north of Amarna. It seems that she outlived the king. A painted bust of her in the Egyptian Museum in Berlin is a renowned representation of her beauty.

[Denroku Sakai]

[References] | Amarna Period | Akhenaten
Nefertiti
Relief. New Kingdom period (1353-1336 BC), sandstone, 22 x 32 cm, Karnak, Thebes, Egypt . Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art .

Nefertiti


Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

生没年不詳。古代エジプト第18王朝の10代目の王イクナートン(アメンヘテプ4世)の妃。その名は「美女はきたりぬ」を意味する。王とは血縁関係(たぶん従妹(いとこ))にあった。王が即位とともに新宗教アトン信仰を唱えたとき、最初の熱烈な信者となった。その美しさは新宗教の布教に一つの役割を果たした。王との間に6人の王女をもうけた。このうち第2王女マケトアトンは夭逝(ようせい)し、第1王女メリトアトンはセメンクカラ王の妃となり、第3王女アンケセンパートンはツタンカートン(後のツタンカーメン)と結婚した。熱烈なアトン信者であったネフェルティティは、王が晩年にテーベとの和解に乗り出したときこれに反対し、ために王妃の座を追われ、アマルナの北の宮殿に孤独の信仰の日々を送った。彼女は王よりあとまで生きたようである。ベルリンのエジプト博物館にある彼女の彩色胸像は彼女の美を伝えるものとして著名である。

[酒井傳六]

[参照項目] | アマルナ時代 | イクナートン
ネフェルティティ
レリーフ。新王国時代(紀元前1353~前1336年ころ) 砂岩 22×32cm エジプト テーベ カルナックメトロポリタン美術館所蔵">

ネフェルティティ


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