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Group statue of dwarf Seneb, his wife Senetites and their children

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Seneb

Painted limestone group statue of dwarf Seneb, his wife Senetites, and children Ankhmaredjedef and Auibenkhufu

Details

  • ID
    EMC_JE_51280
  • Department
    Egyptian Museum, Cairo
  • Classification
    Sculpture
  • Findspot
    Seneb, E façade, serdab N of N false door, in stone box EMC_JE_51281
  • Material
    Limestone
  • Dimensions
    34 cm
  • Credit Line
    Egyptian Museum, Cairo
  • Cairo Special Register number
    EMC_SR_2/15223
  • Period
    Old Kingdom, Dynasty 6
  • Attested
    Ankhmaredjedef (in Seneb)
    Auibenkhufu (in Seneb)
    Seneb (Seneb)
    Senetites (in Seneb)
  • Excavator
    Hermann Junker, German, 1877–1962
  • Object owned by
    Egyptian Museum, Cairo
  • Notes
    From excavations of Hermann Junker. Registered in JE March 3, 1927.
  • Remarks
    ALTERNATE NUMBER(S): EMC_SR_2/_15223; RELATED CONSTITUENT(S): Seneb (Seneb), Senetites (in Seneb), Ankhmaredjedef (in Seneb), Auibenkhufu (in Seneb), Hermann Junker; RELATED SITE(S): Seneb; RELATED MEDIA: AEOS_II_3106, AEOS_II_3107, AEOS_II_3108, AEOS_II_3109, AEOS_II_3110, AEOS_II_3111_2, AEOS_II_3112, AEOS_II_3113, AEOS_II_3114, AEOS_II_5190, AEOS_II_5191, AEOS_II_5192, AEOS_II_5283, AEOS_II_5284, AEOS_II_5285, AEOS_II_5286, AEOS_II_5287, AEOS_II_5488_4, o_neg_nr_0444

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • Seneb

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

Full Bibliography

  • Junker, Giza V, pp. 107-108, 113-114, pl. ix

People 5

Ancient People

  • Ankhmaredjedef (in Seneb)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Son ([sA=f] his son) of Seneb (owner of Seneb, unnumbered mastaba excavated by Junker). Appears depicted as young boy in seated family group statue (Cairo JE 51280) of Seneb, his wife Senetites, and two children; found in situ in stone box (Cairo JE 51281) in mastaba of Seneb serdab (north of north false door). Also appears twice on false door (Cairo JE 51297) inscribed for Seneb, south outer jamb (top register [below inscription], censing before his father) and north inner jamb (second register, standing before his mother Senetites), identified (on south outer jamb) as [rx nswt] royal acquaintance; found in situ in mastaba of Seneb.

  • Auibenkhufu (in Seneb)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Daughter ([sAt=f] his daughter) of Seneb (owner of Seneb, unnumbered mastaba excavated by Junker). Appears depicted as young girl in seated family group statue (Cairo JE 51280) of Seneb, his wife Senetites, and two children; found in situ in stone box (Cairo JE 51281) in mastaba of Seneb serdab (north of north false door). Also appears on false door (Cairo JE 51297) inscribed for Seneb, north inner jamb (second register, kneeling behind her mother Senetites); found in situ in mastaba of Seneb.

  • Seneb (Seneb)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Owner of Seneb (unnumbered mastaba excavated by Junker). Various architectural elements inscribed for Seneb: lintel and drum lintel of offering room entrance, identified as [wr-a xrp hwwt nt Nt jmj-r mr pr-aA] he who is carried in the sedan chair, director of estates of the Red Crown, overseer of weaving mills of the Great House; south false door (Cairo JE 51297), identified as [xrp dngw sSrw xtmw-nTr n wnHrbAw Hm-nTr wADt nb pr-nw jmj-r jwHw smr pr] director of dwarfs in charge of dressing, god's sealer of the Wenherbau-ship, priest of Wadjet lady of the Lower Egyptian shrine, overseer of libations (?), companion of the house; and granite offering stone, identified as [wr-a smr pr] he who is carried in the sedan chair, companion of the house; all found in situ in mastaba of Seneb. Seated family group statue (Cairo JE 51280) of Seneb (depicted as a dwarf, and identified as [wr-a xrp dngw sSrw smr Hm-nTr xwfw Hm-nTr Ddfra Hm-nTr WADt Hm-nTr kA wr xnt sTpt xrp Hwwt mw Hm-nTr kA mrHw xrp aprw ksw] he who is carried in the sedan chair, director of dwarfs in charge of dressing, companion, priest of Khufu and Djedefre, priest of Wadjet, priest of the Great Bull foremost of Setjpet, director of the estates of water, priest of the Merhu bull, director of crews of the kesu-ships), his wife Senetites, and two children; found in situ in stone box (Cairo JE 51281) in mastaba of Seneb serdab (north of north false door). Base fragment of granite statue (Hildesheim 3132) inscribed for Seneb, identified as [wr-a xrp dngw sSrw Hm-nTr wADt smr xrp hwwt nt Nt] he who is carried in the sedan chair, director of dwarfs in charge of dressing, priest of Wadjet, companion, director of estates of the Red Crown; found in mastaba of Seneb.

  • Senetites (in Seneb)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Wife ([Hmt=f] his wife) of Seneb (owner of Seneb, unnumbered mastaba excavated by Junker). Seated family group statue (Cairo JE 51281) of Seneb, his wife Senetites, and two children; found in situ in stone box (Cairo JE 51281) in mastaba of Seneb serdab (north of north false door). North false door inscribed for Senetites, identified as [rxt nswt Hm-nTr HwtHr Hm-nTr Nt] royal acquaintance, priestess of Hathor, priestess of Neith; also appears on false door (Cairo JE 51297) inscribed for Seneb, north inner jamb (second register, seated holding lotus); found in situ in mastaba of Seneb.

Modern People

  • Hermann Junker

    • Type Excavator
    • Nationality & Dates German, 1877–1962
    • Remarks Egyptologist, Director of German-Austrian expedition to Giza, 1911–1929. Published 12 volumes of final excavation reports from Giza expedition. Nationality and life dates from Who was Who in Egyptology.

Institutions 1