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Stone fragment with mason's marks, inscribed in hieratic with the name of Hemiunu. In roter Farbe, hieratisch. Rechts steht der Name Hem-iunu, danach eine Datumsangabe: Jahr [...], 4. Monat der Winterjahreszeit, Tag 10 (+ x?): "(Kontrollbestimmungen der Aufseher oder Steinmetzzeichen?)"

Details

  • ID
    KHM_ÄS_7824
  • Department
    Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
  • Classification
    Inscribed fragments
  • Findspot
    Mastaba G 4000
  • Credit Line
    Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
  • Previous Number
    KHM_7824
  • Object Ownership Information
    Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
  • Attested
    Hemiunu (G 4000)
  • Object owned by
    Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
  • Notes
    Herk: Giza, Mastaba des Hemiunu, Grabung Junker 1912–13 Erwerb: 1914 inventarisiert; "sämtliche unter 1914 angeführte Gegenstände sind Geschenk der kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien und kommen aus den Grabungen Junker bei den Pyramiden 1912–1913 (Inv.N°. 7498–7925) inventarisiert." Dias: Ektachrome KHM 2004 Comp.Nr. 50415, 50413 (Rs) NegNr-1: III 26023, Kitlitschka 1993
  • Remarks
    Gift of the Vienna Academy of Sciences, 1914.

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 4000

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

People 1

Ancient People

  • Hemiunu (G 4000)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Owner of G 4000. Probable son of Nefermaat (owner of tomb at Meidum), probable grandson of Snefru. Architectural elements, including chapel entrance lintel (Hildesheim 2380) and door jamb (Hildesheim 2146), inscribed for Hemiunu, identified as [jrj-pat HAtj-a xtmw-bjtj] hereditary prince, count, sealer of the king of Lower Egypt; door jamb found in situ in G 4000. Seated statue (Hildesheim 1962) inscribed for Hemiunu, identified as [sA nswt n XT=f tAjtj sAb TAtj wr djw pr-DHwtj] king's son of his body, chief justice and vizier, greatest of the five of the House of Thoth; found in situ in G 4000 serdab behind north niche.

Institutions 1