Nodjemet papyrus – London 60 + Paris 47
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Ranke I, pg. 215, 24
Also known as Nedjmet, Nodjmet, Nedjem
Provenance DB320 – Royal Cache – Cache I
A common theory is that Nodjmet had several children with her first husband Piankh: Heqanefer, Heqamaat, Ankhefenmut, Faienmut (a female) and, the most famous of all, the future High Priest of Amun/Pharaoh Pinedjem I. Nodjmet became Piankh’s most trusted confidant, and every time he had to fulfill his business in Nubia, the management of Thebes was left to her.
When around 1070 BCE Piankh died, Herihor was proposed as his successor; Nodjmet, however, managed to keep her prerogatives marrying this man. Later, Herihor claimed “kingship” – although only inside the borders of the Temple of Amun at Karnak – Nodjmet effectively became his “queen”: her name was inscribed inside a cartouche and later she bore titles such as Lady of the Two Lands and King’s Mother. Source Wiki
Whether the above is correct is disputed. See the Second Nodjmet debate.
See also the interesting article of Ad Thijs, Nodjmet A, Daughter of Amenhotep, Wife of Piankh and Mother of Herihor
See The two funerary papyri of Queen Nedjmet
Totenbuchprojekt Bonn, TM 133525
Book of the Dead for Nodjemet – left part
Length 416 cm, height 34 cm (left part)
Ref. No. EA 10541, London 60, Type BD.II.1 Niwinski
The right part of the papyrus is kept in the Louvre and measures almost 9 metres. In Munich should be a part of 1.5 metres, but this part is lost or destroyed. The total length of the papyrus was around 14 metres
Photos British Museum © The Trustees of the British Museum
Good photos are available on the BM’s website. For study and research I recommend using the zoomable pictures from the BM because they have a higher resolution than in the slider. Use the slider for the overview
Panorama view VB 2022
Left part
Book of the Dead for Nodjemet – right part
Length 892 cm, height 34.6 cm (right part)
Ref. No. E.6258, Paris 47, Type BD.II.1 Niwinski
Photos © Louvre Museum
The Louvre Museum photos may be incomplete and it is not yet clear to me what order should be used, so the sequential view is partly guesswork. Unfortunately, the resolution also leaves something to be desired
Panorama view VB 2022




