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{{see also|Nefertkau I|Nefertkau II}}
{{Infobox royalty
| name         = Nefertkau III
| spouse       = [[Iynefer II]]
| spouse-type  = Husband
| issue        = Nefertkau<br/>two or three sons
}}
{{Infobox hieroglyphs
|title = Nefertkau 
|name = <hiero>nfr-r:t-D28*D28:D28</hiero>
|name transcription = Nefertkau <br /> ''Nfr.t kau''
|name explanation = 
}}
'''Nefertkau III''' ({{fl.|{{circa}} 2550 BC}}) was an [[ancient Egypt]]ian princess. She lived during the 4th Dynasty. She was possibly a daughter of [[Meresankh II]] and [[Horbaef]]. If so, she was a granddaughter of King [[Khufu]].<ref>Dodson, Aidan and Hilton, Dyan. ''The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt''. Thames & Hudson. 2004. {{ISBN|0-500-05128-3}}</ref> Baud has proposed that Nefertkau was a daughter of Khufu instead.<ref name="LF">Flentye, Laurel. “The development of the Eastern and GIS Cemeteries at Giza during the Fourth Dynasty. The relationship between architecture and tomb decoration.” In ''The Old Kingdom Art and Archaeology''. Proceedings of the Conference held in Prague, May 31–June 4, 2004, pp. 133–143. Edited by Miroslav Bárta. Prague: Czech Institute of Egyptology, 2006. [http://www.gizapyramids.org/pdf%20library/flentye_okaa_2006.pdf The Old Kingdom art and archaeology]</ref> Nefertkau has the titles ''King's daughter of his body'' and ''Priestess of [[Neith]]'' in a scene in the chapel of her tomb. She was married to an official named [[Iynefer II|Iynefer]]. Nefertkau and Iynefer had a daughter also called Nefertkau and two or three sons.<ref name="Giza2">George A. Reisner and William Stevenson Smith, ''A History of the Giza Necropolis II'', Appendix B: Cemetery 7000 by George Reisner, Harvard University Press, 1955, pp. 107-109 [https://web.archive.org/web/20120310232901/http://www.gizapyramids.org/pdf%20library/GizaNecr2-AppxB_Cem7000.pdf Appendix B: Cemetery 7000 by George Reisner]</ref> Strudwick has suggested that Iynefer may be a son of [[Khufu]]. Depending on the interpretation of the family relationships, Nefertkau may have married either her uncle or her brother.<ref name="LF"/>

==Tomb==
Nefertkau and Iynefer were buried in G 7820 which is part of a double [[mastaba]]. The tomb is located in the [[Giza East Field|east field]] which is part of the [[Giza Necropolis]].<ref>Porter, Bertha and Moss, Rosalind, ''Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Statues, Reliefs and Paintings'' Volume III: Memphis, Part I Abu Rawash to Abusir. 2nd edition; revised and augmented by Jaromir Malek, 1974. Retrieved from gizapyramids.org.</ref>

===Chapel===
Scenes show Nefertkau and her husband. In one scene a small girl is shown between her parents. She is called "their daughter Nefertkau". In the same scene a small boy appears before his father, but no name is recorded. In another scene two small boys and a slightly larger man are depicted with Iynefer. The two small boys are sons, the larger figure may be a depiction of their eldest son.<ref name="Giza2"/>

===Burial shafts===
Two burial shafts were constructed. The husband is thought to have been buried in the shaft labeled G 7820A, while Nefertkau was likely buried in shaft G 7820B. In G 7820A, no traces of a coffin were found, and there was no canopic pit or recess. In G 7820B, no traces of a coffin were found either, but there was a canopic pit in the southeast corner of the burial chamber.<ref name="Giza2"/>

==References==
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{{Commons category|Nefertkau}}

[[Category:Princesses of the Fourth Dynasty of Egypt]]
[[Category:3rd-millennium BC births]]
[[Category:3rd-millennium BC deaths]]

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