Nefertari

E360784

19th Dynasty person ancient Egyptian queen royal consort

Nefertari was a prominent queen of ancient Egypt’s 19th Dynasty, renowned for her beauty, political influence, and the magnificent tomb and temple complex dedicated to her at Abu Simbel.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Nefertari canonical	11
Nefertari Meritmut	2
Queen Nefertari	2
Nefertari (Great Royal Wife)	1
Nefertari herself	1
Nefertari-Merytmut	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3455587 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Nefertari
Context triple: [Ramesses II, spouse, Nefertari]

A. Nefertiti
Nefertiti is a 1968 jazz album by Miles Davis, renowned for its innovative approach in which the horn section states the theme repeatedly while the rhythm section improvises underneath.
B. Nefretiri
Nefretiri is a central character in the 1956 biblical epic film "The Ten Commandments," portrayed as an Egyptian princess torn between her love for Moses and her loyalty to the Pharaoh.
C. Ankhesenpepi II
Ankhesenpepi II was an influential queen of Egypt’s Sixth Dynasty, known for her powerful role in the royal court and as a key figure in the late Old Kingdom.
D. Ankhesenpepi I
Ankhesenpepi I was an ancient Egyptian queen of the Sixth Dynasty, notable as one of the principal wives of Pharaoh Pepi I and the mother of King Merenre I.
E. Hatshepsut
Hatshepsut was a powerful female pharaoh of ancient Egypt’s 18th Dynasty, renowned for her prosperous reign, extensive building projects, and successful trade expeditions.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Nefertari
Target entity description: Nefertari was a prominent queen of ancient Egypt’s 19th Dynasty, renowned for her beauty, political influence, and the magnificent tomb and temple complex dedicated to her at Abu Simbel.

A. Nefertiti
Nefertiti is a 1968 jazz album by Miles Davis, renowned for its innovative approach in which the horn section states the theme repeatedly while the rhythm section improvises underneath.
B. Nefretiri
Nefretiri is a central character in the 1956 biblical epic film "The Ten Commandments," portrayed as an Egyptian princess torn between her love for Moses and her loyalty to the Pharaoh.
C. Ankhesenpepi II
Ankhesenpepi II was an influential queen of Egypt’s Sixth Dynasty, known for her powerful role in the royal court and as a key figure in the late Old Kingdom.
D. Ankhesenpepi I
Ankhesenpepi I was an ancient Egyptian queen of the Sixth Dynasty, notable as one of the principal wives of Pharaoh Pepi I and the mother of King Merenre I.
E. Hatshepsut
Hatshepsut was a powerful female pharaoh of ancient Egypt’s 18th Dynasty, renowned for her prosperous reign, extensive building projects, and successful trade expeditions.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	19th Dynasty person ⓘ ancient Egyptian queen ⓘ royal consort ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Nefertari ⓘ surface form: Nefertari Meritmut Nefertari ⓘ surface form: Nefertari-Merytmut
approximateReignPeriodAsQueen	early reign of Ramesses II ⓘ
associatedWith	Hathor ⓘ surface form: goddess Hathor Isis ⓘ surface form: goddess Isis
burialPlace	Tomb QV66 ⓘ Valley of the Queens ⓘ
country	Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ surface form: Ancient Egypt
culturalContext	New Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ surface form: New Kingdom Egypt
depictedAs	goddess-like figure in tomb paintings ⓘ
dynasty	Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
engagedIn	diplomatic correspondence with foreign queens ⓘ
flourished	13th century BCE ⓘ
hasNoKnownParentsWithCertainty	true ⓘ
hasTemple	Abu Simbel temples ⓘ surface form: Small Temple of Abu Simbel
hasTombDesignation	QV66 ⓘ
heritage	Egyptian ⓘ
honoredAt	Abu Simbel temples ⓘ surface form: Small Temple at Abu Simbel
iconography	often shown wearing elaborate feathered crown ⓘ often shown with modius and double plumes ⓘ often shown with vulture headdress ⓘ
language	Ancient Egyptian ⓘ
maritalStatus	principal wife of Ramesses II ⓘ
name	Nefertari self-link ⓘ
notableFor	beauty ⓘ dedicated temple at Abu Simbel ⓘ diplomatic role ⓘ political influence ⓘ tomb in the Valley of the Queens ⓘ
portrayedAtAbuSimbel	same scale as Ramesses II ⓘ
positionHeld	Great Royal Wife of Ramesses II ⓘ Queen of Egypt ⓘ
religion	ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
spouse	Ramesses II ⓘ
templeDedicatedBy	Ramesses II ⓘ
templePrimaryDeity	Hathor ⓘ
templeSecondaryDedication	Nefertari self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Nefertari herself
title	God’s Wife ⓘ Great Royal Wife ⓘ Lady of the Two Lands ⓘ Mistress of Upper and Lower Egypt ⓘ Mistress of the North and South ⓘ
tombKnownFor	scenes from the Book of the Dead ⓘ vivid polychrome decoration ⓘ well-preserved wall paintings ⓘ
tombLocatedIn	Theban Necropolis ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ramesses II → spouse → Nefertari ⓘ

Ramesses II with royal family → featuresFigure → Nefertari ⓘ

Valley of the Queens → hasNotableBurial → Nefertari ⓘ

Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae → associatedWith → Nefertari ⓘ

Small Temple of Hathor and Nefertari → dedicatedTo → Nefertari ⓘ

Small Temple of Hathor and Nefertari → builtFor → Nefertari ⓘ

this entity surface form: Queen Nefertari

Small Temple of Hathor and Nefertari → featuresStatuesOf → Nefertari ⓘ

Menkheperure Thutmose → spouse → Nefertari ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nefertari (Great Royal Wife)

Meritamen → mother → Nefertari ⓘ

Meritamen → depictedWith → Nefertari ⓘ

Nefertari → name → Nefertari self-link ⓘ

Nefertari → alsoKnownAs → Nefertari ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nefertari Meritmut

Nefertari → alsoKnownAs → Nefertari ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nefertari-Merytmut

Nefertari → templeSecondaryDedication → Nefertari self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nefertari herself

QV66 → dedicatedTo → Nefertari ⓘ

QV66 → occupant → Nefertari ⓘ

Tomb of Nefertari → builtFor → Nefertari ⓘ