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The last ruler of the 12th Dynasty, Nefrusobek is generally believed
to have been a daughter of Amenemhat III and the widow of menemhat IV. According to Manetho, she may have been a sister of Amenemhat IV.
Her marriage to Amenemhat IV seems to have left them with no male heir, so Nefrusobek became one of the few women to have become king in Ancient Egypt.
The 4 years credited to her by Manetho are confirmed by the 3 years, 10 months and 24 days that have been recorded in the Turin Kinglist. The fact that she is listed in the Turin Kinglist is, in itself, interesting because it shows that she was not considered as a mere regent or as an usurper.
Nefrusobek is the first known female king to have had a full royal titulary. Her titulary still shows the typical ending t for feminine words, thus combining the traditionally male titles with the reality that Nefrusobek was a woman.
A graffito in the Nubian fortress of Kumma indicates that like here predecessor, Nefrusobek was still in charge of the Nubian territory that had been conquered by Sesostris III. She also contributed to the Labyrinth of Amenemhat III and probably granted her ancestor divine status in the Fayum.
Several pieces of statues of Nefrusobek have been found. Like her titulary, her statues too combine the traditional aspects of kingdom with the reality that this king was female. Thus we find a headless statue of Nefrusobek in the Louvre Museum that still has a part of the nemes head-cloth showing on her shoulders, while she is still wearing a typically female dress.
Her tomb has not yet been identified, although it has sometimes been assumed that she was buried in a pyramid in Mazghuna.

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