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Details

  • Tomb Owner
    Kapuptah (G 4461)
  • Attested
    Ipep (in G 4461)
  • Excavator
    Hermann Junker, German, 1877–1962
  • Junker No
    Kapuptah
  • PorterMoss Date
    Dynasty 5
  • Site Type
    Stone-built mastaba
  • Shafts
    S 2044; S 2045; S 2046; S 2047; serdab; chapel
  • Remarks
    Mastaba built on independent site in street east of G 4460 north of chapel.

Finds 1

Maps & Plans 2

Published Documents 5

Unpublished Documents 2

Full Bibliography

  • Junker, Hermann. Gîza 6. Die Mastabas des Nfr (Nefer), Kdfjj (Kedfi), Kahjf (Kahjef) und die westlich anschließenden Grabanlagen. Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien Philosophisch-historische Klasse Denkschriften 72, Abhandlung 1. Vienna & Leipzig: Hölder-Pichler-Tempsky, 1943, pp. 220-226, figs. 87-88, pl. 20, plan after p. 273.

    Kanawati, Naguib. Tombs at Giza. Kaiemankh (G 4561) and Seshemnefer I (G 4940), Volume I. Australian Centre for Egyptology Report 16. Warminster: Aris and Phillips, 2001, p. 15.

    Lehmann, Katja. Der Serdab in den Privatgräbern des Alten Reiches 1-3. Ph.D. Dissertation, Universität Heidelberg, 2000, Kat. G180.

    Porter, Bertha, and Rosalind L.B. Moss. Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings 3: Memphis (Abû Rawâsh to Dahshûr). Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1931. 2nd edition. 3: Memphis, Part 1 (Abû Rawâsh to Abûsîr), revised and augmented by Jaromír Málek. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1974, p. 129, plan 15.

    Reisner, unpublished manuscript, Box L 13, Description of Cemetery G 4000, page 3 b.

People 3

Ancient People

  • Ipep (in G 4461)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Wife of Kapuptah (owner of G 4461). Limestone standing pair statue (KHM Vienna ÄS 7444) inscribed for Kapuptah and Ipep; Ipep identified as [mjtrt] mitret; found in G 4461.
  • Kapuptah (G 4461)

    • Type Tomb Owner
    • Remarks Owner of G 4461. Chapel entrance drum lintel inscribed for Kapuptah, identified as [rx nswt pr-aA] royal acquaintance of the Great House; in situ in G 4461. Limestone standing pair statue inscribed for Kapuptah and Ipep (KHM Vienna ÄS 7444); found in G 4461.

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.