A profile of queen Mutnodjmet

A survey is presented of what is known of Horemheb's wife, Mutnodjmet. A donation stela from Year 3 of Ay's reign, which mentions a lady of this name, may have been part of a marriage portion given to Horemheb on the occasion of his marriage to Mutnodjmet. The decoration of a statue group in Turin, showing a female sphinx adoring the queen's name in a cartouche, suggests she exercised royal power. The examination of what appear to be her bones, found in the Memphite tomb of Horemheb, shows her to have been a woman of extremely poor health, who most probably died trying to secure a successor to the throne. (OEB)