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The cartouches for Neferneferuaten generally include one of several epithets describing her link to Akhenaten. Cartouche epithets usually consist of a title stated unapologetically, so these cartouches are something of an oddity. The Neferneferuaten cartouches have been grouped into three types. In some, she was described as "desired of Akhenaten." In others, she was "effective for her husband." In a few late inscriptions, she was "Akhenaten-less." This last group of inscriptions suggest that she was Egypt's sole ruler, at least for a brief period. All three types of inscriptions suggest that she was anxious to assert the legitimacy of her rule, which was presumably being challenged.<ref name=Allen>Allen, James P., "[https://web.archive.org/web/20120301142642/http://cassian.memphis.edu/history/murnane/Allen.pdf The Amarna Succession]," ''Causing His Name to Live: Studies in Egyptian Epigraphy and History in Memory of William J. Murnane,'' University of Memphis, 2007.</ref>
The cartouches for Neferneferuaten generally include one of several epithets describing her link to Akhenaten. Cartouche epithets usually consist of a title stated unapologetically, so these cartouches are something of an oddity. The Neferneferuaten cartouches have been grouped into three types. In some, she was described as "desired of Akhenaten." In others, she was "effective for her husband." In a few late inscriptions, she was "Akhenaten-less." This last group of inscriptions suggest that she was Egypt's sole ruler, at least for a brief period. All three types of inscriptions suggest that she was anxious to assert the legitimacy of her rule, which was presumably being challenged.<ref name=Allen>Allen, James P., "[https://web.archive.org/web/20120301142642/http://cassian.memphis.edu/history/murnane/Allen.pdf The Amarna Succession]," ''Causing His Name to Live: Studies in Egyptian Epigraphy and History in Memory of William J. Murnane,'' University of Memphis, 2007.</ref>
==The dakhamunzu incident==
The Hittite records for the period describe how the widow of an Egyptian king sent to the Hittite court to request the hand of a prince in marriage. The queen in question is referred to only as ''dakhamunzu'', which means "the king's wife." A demarche from the reign of Amenhotep III boasts that no Egyptian prince had ever married a foreigner, so this was apparently unprecedented.<ref>Ludwig D. Morenze and Ludz Popko, ''A Companion to Ancient Egypt'' (2010), p. 114.</ref>
==Struggle for succession==
==Struggle for succession==
A bust of Nefertiti, on display at the Egyptian Museum in [[Berlin]], is a masterpiece of ancient Egyptian art.
A bust of Nefertiti, on display at the Egyptian Museum in [[Berlin]], is a masterpiece of ancient Egyptian art.
==References==
==References==