Nefermaat II

Nefermaat II (fl. c. 2550 BC^[1]) was a member of the Egyptian royal family during the 4th Dynasty and vizier of Khafre (his cousin).

Nefermaat II
King's Son, Overlord of Nekheb
Nefermaat's name
Vizier of Egypt
Tenure	c. 2550 BC
King	Khafre
Burial	mastaba G 7060, Giza
Issue	Sneferukhaf
Father	An unknown man, maybe Khufu
Mother	Nefertkau I

Nefermaat was a son of a King's Daughter Nefertkau I and a grandson of Sneferu.^[1]

Nefermaat was buried in mastaba G 7060 at Giza.^[1] His tomb is part of a group of tombs including those of Nefertkau I (G 7050) and his son Sneferukhaf (G 7070). Nefermaat's tomb is located near the Pyramid of Khufu, who may not only have been his uncle, but also his father (according to George Andrew Reisner).^[2] This last point is rejected by Strudwick^[3] and Baud.^[4] He was nevertheless considered close enough family to be elevated to the vizierate, a title reserved to close family member during the 4th Dynasty.

Titles

The full list of titles of Kawab were:^[5]

Title	Translation	Jones Index
imy iz	he who is in the iz-bureau, councillor	247
iry-pˁt	hereditary prince/nobleman, 'keeper of the patricians'	1157
wr di.w pr ḏḥwty	Greatest of the Five in the temple of Thoth	1471
mniw nḫn	protector/guardian of Nekhen/Hierakonpolis	1597
ḥȝty-ˁ	count	1858
ḥrỉ-tp nḫb	Overlord of Nekheb (El-Kab)	2374
ḫrp iȝwt nbwt nṯrwt	director of every divine office	2541
ḫrp ˁḥ	director of the ˁḥ palace	2579
ḫtm(ty)-bity	sealer of the King of Lower Egypt	2775
zȝ nswt	king's son	2911
zȝ nswt n ẖt.f	King's son of his body	2912
smr wˁty	sole companion	3268
tȝyty zȝb ṯȝty	he of the curtain, chief justice and vizier	3706

Translations and indexes from Dilwyn Jones.^[6]

See also

• Nefermaat I

References

1. Porter, Bertha, and Rosalind L.B. Moss. Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings 3: Memphis (Abû Rawâsh to Dahshûr). Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1931. 2nd edition. 3: Memphis, Part 1 (Abû Rawâsh to Abûsîr), revised and augmented by Jaromír Málek. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1974. Available online at www.gizapyramids.org/
2. Flentye, Laurel. "The Development of the Eastern and GIS Cemeteries at Giza during the Fourth Dynasty." In Miroslav Bárta, ed. The Old Kingdom Art and Archaeology. Proceedings of the Conference held in Prague, May 31-June 4, 2004. Prague: Czech Institute of Egyptology, 2006, pp. 133-143.
3. Strudwick, Nigel, The Administration of Egypt in the Old Kingdom Routledge, 1985, ISBN 0-7103-0107-3, p 110, - PDF from Digital Giza, 20 MB
4. Baud, Michel (1999). Famille royale et pouvoir sous l'Ancien Empire Egyptien 1 & 2 IFAO (PDF). ISBN 2-7247-0248-4. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
5. Strudwick, Nigel, The Administration of Egypt in the Old Kingdom Routledge, 1985, ISBN 0-7103-0107-3 - PDF from Digital Giza, 20 MB
6. Jones, Dilwyn, An Index Of Ancient Egyptian Titles Epithets And Phrases Of The Old Kingdom 1 & 2 BAR, 2000, ISBN 1-84171-069-5.