Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4000, D 51
Inscribed limestone architrave of Hemiunu
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- ID
- RPM_2380
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- Department
- Roemer- und Pelizaeus-Museum, Hildesheim
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- Classification
- Architectural elements-Miscellaneous
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- Findspot
- G 4000
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- Material
- Limestone
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- Dimensions
- 18.4 x 126.2 cm
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- Credit Line
- Roemer- und Pelizaeus-Museum, Hildesheim
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- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4, reign of Khufu
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- Excavator
- Hermann Junker, German, 1877–1962
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- Owner
- Hemiunu (G 4000)
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- Object owned by
- Roemer- und Pelizaeus-Museum, Hildesheim
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- Remarks
- RELATED CONSTITUENT(S): Hemiunu (G 4000), Hermann Junker; RELATED SITE(S): G 4000
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- Site Name Western Cemetery
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Martin, Karl. Reliefs des Alten Reiches. Teil 1. Corpus Antiquitatum Aegyptiacarum. Pelizaeus-Museum Hildesheim, Lieferung 3. Mainz am Rhein: Philipp von Zabern, 1978, pp. 73-75.
Ancient People
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- Type Owner
- 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.
Modern People
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- 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.
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Roemer- und Pelizaeus-Museum, Hildesheim
- Type Object owned by