Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: D 117
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- Type
- Individual - Ancient
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- Gender
- Male
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- Also Known As
- Alternate spelling : wHmk[A]
- Alternate spelling : Uhemka
- Alternate spelling : Wehemek
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- Remarks
- Owner of D 117. Chapel entrance lintel and drum lintel and south false door inscribed for Wehemka; also appears in chapel relief (west, north, south, east walls); identified variously as [rx nswt sS pr-mDAt sS nfrw jmj-r pr] royal acquaintance, scribe of the library, scribe of recruits, steward; chapel (Hildesheim 2970) found in situ in D 117. Also appears three times in chapel relief of tomb of Kaninisut [I] (owner of G 2155), twice on west wall (panel of relief south of south false door, top register; between false doors, top register of scribes, first figure on right), and north wall (top register, first figure on left), identified as [sS pr-mDAt] scribe of the library (on panel of relief south of south false door) and [jmj-r pr] steward (on north and west walls); chapel (KHM Vienna ÄS 8006) found in situ in G 2155.
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- Site Name Western Cemetery
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- Site Name Western Cemetery
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- KHM_ÄS_8006
ID: HUMFA_A6127_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: D 117
Description: Steinforff Cemetery: D 117, Wehemka, chapel (Hildesheim 2970), S wall, registers of relief (Wehemka and Hetepibes Ipi seated at offering table; offerings; offering bearers identified as Nineksu and Iyni) and inscription, looking S (excavated in 1906)
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2155
Description: Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna: G 2155, Kaninisut [I], chapel, W wall: Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna ÄS 8006
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2155
Description: Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna: G 2155, Kaninisut [I], chapel, N wall, relief (standing figures of Kaninisut and his son Hawer, registers of scribes, including [top register] steward Wehemka, Tjeset, Im[...], [middle register] steward Kaemnefret, Tjenti, Khnumhetep, Qedmerer, [bottom register] Sahi, Menekhka, Pehernefer, Rahetep): Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna ÄS 8006
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2155
Description: Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna: G 2155, Kaninisut [I], chapel, W wall, S false door inscribed for Kaninisut (S jamb: Pernedju and I[...]; N jamb: Hermeru), panel of relief to S ([top register] Wehemka, [bottom register] Iduneferhetep), and portion of registers of relief to N (registers of scribes, ka-priests, and offering bearers, including [top register] Mesy, Tjenti, [middle register] Itjef, Khufuseneb, Ity, [bottom register] Mer[...]khufu, Senebdisu): Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna ÄS 8006
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2155
Description: Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna: G 2155, Kaninisut [I], chapel, W wall, relief between false door (S end, registers of scribes, ka-priests, and offering bearers, including [top register] Wehemka, Kaemwehem, Mesy, Tjenti, [middle register] Penu, Wahib, Itjef, Khufuseneb, Ity, [bottom register] Shendju, Khufuankh, Mer[...]khufu, Senebdisu): Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna ÄS 8006
ID: KHM_AEOS_I_5474
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2155
Description: Cemetery G 2100: G 2155, Kaninisut [I], chapel (KHM Vienna ÄS 8006), W wall, S false door inscribed for Kaninisut (S jamb: Pernedju and I[...]; N jamb: Hermeru), panel of relief to S ([top register] Wehemka), and portion of relief to N (registers of scribes and offering bearers: including [top register] Wehemka, Kaemwehem, Mesy, Tjenti, [middle register] Penu, Wahib, Itjef, Khufuseneb, Ity, [bottom register] Seneb, Iinefret, Shendju, Khufuankh, Mer[...]khufu, Senebdisu; and two of Kaninisut's children: Wadjethetep and Kaninisut "the younger"), looking W
ID: KHM_AEOS_I_5475
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2155
Description: Cemetery G 2100: G 2155, Kaninisut [I], chapel (KHM Vienna ÄS 8006), N wall, relief (standing figures of Kaninisut and his son Harwer, registers of scribes, including [top register] Wehemka, Tjeset, Im[...], [middle register] steward Kaemnefret, Tjenti, Khnumhetep, Qedmerer, [bottom register] Sahi, Menekhka, Pehernefer, Rahetep), looking N
ID: KHM_AEOS_I_5492
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2155
Description: Cemetery G 2100: G 2155, Kaninisut [I], chapel (KHM Vienna ÄS 8006), W wall, S false door inscribed for Kaninisut (S jamb: Pernedju and I[...]; N jamb: Hermeru), panel of relief to S, and portion of relief to N (registers of scribes, ka-priests, and offering bearers, including [top register] Wehemka, Kaemwehem, Mesy, Tjenti, [middle register] Penu, Wahib, Itjef, Khufuseneb, Ity, [bottom register] Iinefret, Shendju, Khufuankh, Mer[...]khufu, Senebdisu; and two of Kaninisut's children: Wadjethetep and Kaninisut "the younger"), looking W
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2155
Description: Blocks of relief from G 2155, Kaninisut [I], chapel, W wall (relief between false doors depicting standing figures of Kaninisut and his wife Neferhanisut and their three children, Harwer, Wadjethetep, and Kaninisut "the younger"; registers of scribes and ka-priest: [top register] Wehemka, Kaemwehem, Mesy, Tjenti, [middle register] Penu, Wahib, Itjef, Khufuseneb, Ity; and register of offering bearers below: [bottom register] Niankhhathor, Kairi, Mernetjerukhufu, Seshmu, Seneb, Iinefret, Shendju, Khufuankh, Mer[...]khufu, Senebdisu): Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna ÄS 8006
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2155
Description: Blocks of relief from G 2155, Kaninisut [I], chapel, W wall (relief between false doors depicting standing figures of Kaninisut and his wife Neferhanisut and their three children, Harwer, Wadjethetep, and Kaninisut "the younger"; registers of scribes and ka-priest: [top register] Wehemka, Kaemwehem, Mesy, Tjenti, [middle register] Penu, Wahib, Itjef, Khufuseneb, Ity; and register of offering bearers below: [bottom register] Niankhhathor, Kairi, Mernetjerukhufu, Seshmu, Seneb, Iinefret, Shendju, Khufuankh, Mer[...]khufu, Senebdisu): Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna ÄS 8006
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: D 117
Description: Steindorff Cemetery: D 117, E face, chapel entrance, lintel inscribed for Wehemka (part of Hildesheim 2970), looking SSW
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: D 117
Description: Steindorff Cemetery: D 117, E face, chapel entrance, lintel inscribed for Wehemka (part of Hildesheim 2970), looking NNW
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