Nimaathap is known to have been the wife of Khasekhemwy and the mother of Djoser recorded in her husband's tomb and due to this she would later be seen as the ancestress of the Third Dynasty with a posthumous cult existing for her into the Fourth Dynasty which is mentioned in the tomb of Metjen. She held the titles Great of Sceptre, King's Mother and Mother of the King's Children . It is thought she was buried in tomb Tomb K1 at Beit Khallaf. In addition a sealing names her found in the funerary enclose of Khasekhemy and Tomb K1 at Beit Khallaf.