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Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Berlin: modern painted plaster reproduction of G 2100-I annex (= Lepsius 24), Merib, chapel, E wall, relief (detail, S end, head of standing figure of Merib)

ID: MFAB_AAW343
Department: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2100-I
Date: 07/05/1993
Photographer: Peter Der Manuelian, 1959–

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Merib Kapunisut (G 2100-I)

Owner of G 2100-I. Merib, also known as Kapunisut. Chapel entrance lintel, drum and door jambs inscribed for Merib, identified as [sA nswt n Xt=f smr xtmtj-nTr bA-nTrw dwA-tAwj xtmw-nTr Nb-rxjjt ab-nTrw jmj-r kAt nt nswt] king's son of his body, companion, god's sealer of (the ships) 'Ba-netjeru' and 'Dua-tawy', god's sealer of (the ships) 'Neb-rekhyt' and 'Ab-netjeru', overseer of royal works. North and south false doors inscribed for Merib, identified as [xtmw-nTr wjA jmj-r kAt nbt nswt Hts(?) jnpw smr watj wr mDw Sma rx nswt Xrj-Hb wt jnpw] god's sealer of the ship, overseer of all royal works, staff(?) of Anubis, sole companion, great one of the tens of Upper Egypt, royal acquaintance, lector-priest, embalmer of Anubis. Also appears in chapel relief (north, west, south, and east walls), identified as [jmj-r mSa xrp aH aD-mr Haw r p nb wr mAAw jwnw Hm-nTr xwfw] expedition leader, director of the palace, administrator of the fleet, mouth of every Butite, greatest of seers in Iunu, priest of Khufu; chapel (ÄMP Berlin 1107) found in situ in G 2100-I. Also appears in tomb of his daughter Nensedjerkai (owner of G 2100-II), chapel, pillared portico, west faces of north and south pillars, identified as [sA nswt xtmw-nTr wjA smr watj sHD bA-nTrw] king's son, god's sealer of the ship, sole companion, inspector of (the ship) 'Ba-netjeru'; in situ in G 2100-II.

Type: Individual - Ancient
Gender: Male
Also Known As: Alternate spelling:Merib Kapunesut, Manuel de Codage:mrjb kAp[w]nswt, Alternate spelling:Merib, Alternate spelling:Kapunisut
Remarks: Owner of G 2100-I. Merib, also known as Kapunisut. Chapel entrance lintel, drum and door jambs inscribed for Merib, identified as [sA nswt n Xt=f smr xtmtj-nTr bA-nTrw dwA-tAwj xtmw-nTr Nb-rxjjt ab-nTrw jmj-r kAt nt nswt] king's son of his body, companion, god's sealer of (the ships) 'Ba-netjeru' and 'Dua-tawy', god's sealer of (the ships) 'Neb-rekhyt' and 'Ab-netjeru', overseer of royal works. North and south false doors inscribed for Merib, identified as [xtmw-nTr wjA jmj-r kAt nbt nswt Hts(?) jnpw smr watj wr mDw Sma rx nswt Xrj-Hb wt jnpw] god's sealer of the ship, overseer of all royal works, staff(?) of Anubis, sole companion, great one of the tens of Upper Egypt, royal acquaintance, lector-priest, embalmer of Anubis. Also appears in chapel relief (north, west, south, and east walls), identified as [jmj-r mSa xrp aH aD-mr Haw r p nb wr mAAw jwnw Hm-nTr xwfw] expedition leader, director of the palace, administrator of the fleet, mouth of every Butite, greatest of seers in Iunu, priest of Khufu; chapel (ÄMP Berlin 1107) found in situ in G 2100-I. Also appears in tomb of his daughter Nensedjerkai (owner of G 2100-II), chapel, pillared portico, west faces of north and south pillars, identified as [sA nswt xtmw-nTr wjA smr watj sHD bA-nTrw] king's son, god's sealer of the ship, sole companion, inspector of (the ship) 'Ba-netjeru'; in situ in G 2100-II.

IIIF manifest: http://giza.fas.harvard.edu/manifests/ancientpeople-243

26 of 74 • Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Berlin: modern painted plaster reproduction of G 2100-I annex (= Lepsius 24), Merib, chapel, E wall, relief (detail, S end, head of standing figure of Merib)

Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Berlin: modern painted plaster reproduction of G 2100-I annex (= Lepsius 24), Merib, chapel, E wall, relief (detail, S end, standing figure of Merib)

Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Berlin: modern painted plaster reproduction of G 2100-I annex (= Lepsius 24), Merib, chapel, N wall, relief (seated figure of Merib, and registers of scribes, register of offering bearers and butchering below)

Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Berlin: modern painted plaster reproduction of G 2100-I annex (= Lepsius 24), Merib, chapel, N wall, relief (detail, upper half of seated figure of Merib)

Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Berlin: modern painted plaster reproduction of G 2100-I annex (= Lepsius 24), Merib, chapel, S wall, relief (detail, heads of standing figures of Merib and his mother Sedit)

Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Berlin: modern painted plaster reproduction of G 2100-I annex (= Lepsius 24), Merib, chapel, E wall, relief (detail, S end, standing figure of Merib)

Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Berlin: modern painted plaster reproduction of G 2100-I annex (= Lepsius 24), Merib, chapel, E wall, relief (detail, S end, head of standing figure of Merib)

Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Berlin: modern painted plaster reproduction of G 2100-I annex (= Lepsius 24), Merib, chapel, W wall, relief and N and S false doors

Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Berlin: modern painted plaster reproduction of G 2100-I annex (= Lepsius 24), Merib, chapel, E wall, relief (detail, N end, upper half of standing figures of Merib and his mother Sedit)

Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Berlin: modern painted plaster reproduction of G 2100-I annex (= Lepsius 24), Merib, chapel, E wall, relief (detail, N end, inscription over standing figures of Merib and his mother Sedit)

Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Berlin: modern painted plaster reproduction of G 2100-I annex (= Lepsius 24), Merib, chapel, N and W walls, relief and N false door

Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Berlin: modern painted plaster reproduction of G 2100-I annex (= Lepsius 24), Merib, chapel, E wall, relief over chapel entrance (detail, boat)