Digital Giza | Seshemnefer [IV] (Lepsius 53)

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Type

Individual - Ancient
Gender

Male
Also Known As

Manuel de Codage : sSmnfr

Alternate spelling : Seshemnofer [IV]

Alternate spelling : Seschemnefer [IV]
Remarks

Owner of Lepsius 53. Two seated statues in forecourt (on either side of exterior chapel entrance), inscribed [smr watj sSmnfr] sole companion Seshemnefer; in situ in Lepsius 53. Interior chapel entrance lintel and drum lintel and false door (in room c) inscribed for Seshemnefer; also appears in chapel relief (in most instances name not preserved, only lower portions of walls preserved) and displaced fragmentary block of relief (Hildesheim 3190) depicted as statue; identified as [xrp nstj m pr-anx Hrj-sStA n mdt nb sStA nt nswt HqA bAt] director of the two thrones in the Mansion of Life, secretary of all secret commands of the king, chief of Bat; in situ in Lepsius 53 (block found in Lepsius 53). Possibly same individual as Seshemnefer (in G 5170), eldest son of Seshemnefer [III] (owner of G 5170).

Tombs and Monuments 1

G I-South Cemetery, Lepsius 53
- Site Name G I-South Cemetery

Finds 7

Fragment of relief
- RPM_3190
Fragment of relief
- RPM_3192
Fragment of relief
- RPM_3193
Fragment of relief
- RPM_3194
Fragment of relief
- RPM_3270
Fragments of relief
- RPM_4861
Three fragments of relief
- RPM_3191

Published Documents 10

Arnold, Dieter. "Old Kingdom Statues in their Architectural Setting." In Egyptian Art in the Age of the Pyramids. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1999, pp. 40-49.
- Date: 1999
Brovarski, Edward. "Old Kingdom Beaded Collars." In Jacke Phillips with Lanny Bell, Bruce B. Williams, James Hoch and Ronald J. Leprohon (eds.) Ancient Egypt, the Aegean, and the Near East. Studies in Honour of Martha Rhoads Bell, Volume 1. San Antonio: Van Siclen Books, 1997, pp. 137162.
- Date: 1997
Delvaux, Luc and Eugène Warmenbol. "Trois Seshemnefer et Trente-Six Domaines." Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 84 (1998), pp. 57-69.
- Date: 1998
Donadoni Roveri, Anna Maria. I Sarcofagi Egizi Dalle Origini Alla Fine Dell'Antico Regno. Rome: Istituto di Studi del Vicino Oriente - Università di Roma, 1969.
- Date: 1969
Gamer-Wallert, Ingrid."Die bewegte Geschichte der Mastaba Seschemnofers III. (G 5170)." Sokar 9 (2. Halbjahr, 2004), pp. 28-34.
- Date: 2004
Jánosi, Peter. "Grab oder Wohnanlage? Die Mastaba 'C' im Central Field." In Ernst Czerny, Irmgard Hein, Hermann Hunger, Dagmar Melman and Angela Schwab (eds.) Timelines. Studies in Honour of Manfred Bietak, vol. I. Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta 149. Leuven: Peeters Publishers, 2006, pp. 157-162.
- Date: 2006
Kanawati, Naguib. "Decoration of Burial Chambers, Sarcophagi and Coffins in the Old Kingdom." In Khaled Daoud, Shafia Bedier & Sawsan Abd el-Fatah, eds. Studies in Honor of Ali Radwan. Supplément aux Annales du Service des Antiquités de l'Égypte, no. 34. Cairo: Supreme Council of Antiquities, 2005, pp. 55-71.
- Date: 2005
Manuelian, Peter Der. "Presenting the Scroll: Papyrus Documents in Tombs Scenes of the Old Kingdom." In Peter Der Manuelian, ed. Studies in Honor of William Kelly Simpson 2. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1996, pp. 561-588.
- Date: 1996
Sethe, Kurt. Urkunden des Alten Reichs. Erster Band. Urkunden des Ägyptischen Altertums Abteilung 1, Hft. 1-4. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung, 1903/1933.
- Date: 1933
Woods, Alexandra. "Contribution to a Controversy: A Date For the Tomb of kA(=j)-m-anx at Giza." Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 95 (2009), pp. 161-174.
- Date: 2009

Unpublished Documents 2

A History of the Giza Necropolis III, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Chapter 15: Chronological Order of Finished Mastabas in the Giza Necropolis, page 065
- ID: HUMFA_GN3_K14_p065
A History of the Giza Necropolis III, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Chapter 15: Chronological Order of Finished Mastabas in the Giza Necropolis, page 066
- ID: HUMFA_GN3_K15_p066

ID: KHM_AEOS_II_5159

Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Lepsius 53

Description: Chapel entrance drum lintel inscribed for Seshemnefer from (Seshemnefer [IV] complex) Lepsius 53, Seshemnefer [IV], interior chapel entrance