Nimaathap

Nimaathap
Queen consort of Egypt Mother of a King
Seal impression with the name and title of Nimaathap, found at Abydos.
Burial	Mastaba K1 at Beit Khallaf (uncertain)
Spouse	Khasekhemwy
Issue	Djoser
Dynasty	2nd of Egypt 3rd of Egypt

Nimaathap in hieroglyphs
Personal name: Nimaathap/Nimaat-Hapi nj-m33.t-Ḥp Maat belongs to Hapi/Apis
Royal title: Mwt neswt-bity mw.t-nsw.t-btj Mother of a king
Honorary title: Djet-khetneb-iret-nes ḏt -ḫtnb-jr.t-ns She who says something and it is done (for her) immediately

Fragment of seal impression on clay citing the "mother of the king's sons", Nymaathap. She was the mother of Djoser and wife of Khasekhemwy. Originally from Abydos, Umm el Qaab, tomb V. (Tomb of Khasekhemwy) and now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo.

Nimaathap (also read as Nima'at-Hapi and Nihap-ma'at) was an ancient Egyptian queen consort at the transition time from 2nd Dynasty to 3rd Dynasty. Nimaathap may have acted as regent for her son Djoser.

She is known to have enjoyed a long-lasting mortuary cult.