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Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Kednes [II]

Limestone chapel entrance W door jamb (standing figure of Kednes being censed by his son Sabi) from mastaba of Kednes [II] (in packing crate): Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna ÄS 7510

Details

  • ID
    KHM_o_neg_nr_0034
  • Department
    Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
  • Subjects
    Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Kednes [II]
  • Remarks
    Kednes [II]: unnumbered mastaba abutting E face of G 5160 (excavated by H. Junker).
  • Photographer
    Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
  • Attested
    Sabi (in Kednes [II])
    Sabi (in Kednes [II])
  • Owner
    Kednes [II] (Kednes [II])
  • Tomb Owner
    Kednes [II] (Kednes [II])

Tombs and Monuments 1

Finds 1

People 4

Ancient People

  • Kednes [II] (Kednes [II])

    • Type Owner
    • Remarks Owner of Kednes [II] (unnumbered mastaba excavated by Junker). Architectural elements, including chapel entrance door jambs (KHM Vienna ÄS 7509, KHM Vienna ÄS 7510), chapel entrance or false door upper lintel (KHM Vienna ÄS 7511), and false door inscribed for Kednes, identified as [jmj-r wpwt pr-aA jmj-r st xntjw-S pr-aA sHD xntjw-S pr-aA jmj-r mDw pr-aA jrj xtmt pr-aA wab nswt Hrj(-sStA) jmj-xt xntjw-S pr-aA Hm-nTr xwfw] overseer of commissions of the Great House, overseer of the department of palace attendants of the Great House, inspector of palace attendants of the Great House, overseer of ten of the Great House, he who is in charge of the sealed goods of the Great House, royal wab-priest, secretary, under-supervisor of palace attendants of the Great House, priest of Khufu; found in mastaba of Kednes [II] (false door in situ).

  • Kednes [II] (Kednes [II])

    • Type Tomb Owner
    • Remarks Owner of Kednes [II] (unnumbered mastaba excavated by Junker). Architectural elements, including chapel entrance door jambs (KHM Vienna ÄS 7509, KHM Vienna ÄS 7510), chapel entrance or false door upper lintel (KHM Vienna ÄS 7511), and false door inscribed for Kednes, identified as [jmj-r wpwt pr-aA jmj-r st xntjw-S pr-aA sHD xntjw-S pr-aA jmj-r mDw pr-aA jrj xtmt pr-aA wab nswt Hrj(-sStA) jmj-xt xntjw-S pr-aA Hm-nTr xwfw] overseer of commissions of the Great House, overseer of the department of palace attendants of the Great House, inspector of palace attendants of the Great House, overseer of ten of the Great House, he who is in charge of the sealed goods of the Great House, royal wab-priest, secretary, under-supervisor of palace attendants of the Great House, priest of Khufu; found in mastaba of Kednes [II] (false door in situ).

  • Sabi (in Kednes [II])

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Son ([sA=f smsw] his eldest son) of Kednes (owner of Kednes [II], unnumbered mastaba excavated by Junker). Appears on chapel entrance west door jamb (KHM Vienna ÄS 7510), censing his father, identified as [xntj-S pr-aA] palace attendant of the Great House; found in mastaba of Kednes [II].

  • Sabi (in Kednes [II])

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Son ([sA=f smsw] his eldest son) of Kednes (owner of Kednes [II], unnumbered mastaba excavated by Junker). Appears on chapel entrance west door jamb (KHM Vienna ÄS 7510), censing his father, identified as [xntj-S pr-aA] palace attendant of the Great House; found in mastaba of Kednes [II].

Institutions 1