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Khnemu

Western Cemetery

Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Khnemu

Details

  • Tomb Owner
    Khnemu (Khnemu)
  • Attested
    Hathorwer (in Khnemu)
    Ihyemsaf (in Khnemu)
    Iyti (in Khnemu)
    Khufunefer (in Khnemu)
    Khuitenhor (in Khnemu)
    Neferhau (in Khnemu)
    Neferwednet (in Khnemu)
  • Excavator
    Hermann Junker, German, 1877–1962
  • PorterMoss Date
    Dynasty 6
  • Site Type
    Stone-built mastaba
  • Remarks
    Mastaba is in field south of G 2100-II and north of G 4560, west of User (1) and northeast of Weri. Mastaba is drawn but not labeled on plan EG002029.

Maps & Plans 2

Published Documents 5

Full Bibliography

  • Bolshakov, Andrey. "Osiris in the Fourth Dynasty Again? The False Door of Jntj, MFA 31.781." In Hedvig Györy, ed. Mélanges offerts à Edith Varga. Bulletin du Musée Hongrois des Beaux-Arts Supplément-2001, Budapest: Musée Hongrois des Beaux-Arts, 2001, p. 71.

    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. 190-194, figs. 51, 67-68, 70, pl. 16 [a], plan after p. 273.

    Lehmann, Katja. Der Serdab in den Privatgräbern des Alten Reiches 1-3. Ph.D. Dissertation, Universität Heidelberg, 2000, Kat. G381.

    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. 121, plan 11.

People 9

Ancient People

  • Hathorwer (in Khnemu)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Wife of Khnemu (owner of Khnemu, unnumbered mastaba excavated by Junker). Appears in chapel relief, west wall (seated at offering table with Khnemu, and with his parents [names not preserved] seated opposite); in situ in mastaba of Khnemu.

  • Ihyemsaf (in Khnemu)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Son ([sA=f] his son) of Khnemu (owner of Khnemu, unnumbered mastaba excavated by Junker). Appears in chapel relief, west wall (lower register, third figure from left); in situ in mastaba of Khnemu.

  • Iyti (in Khnemu)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Daughter ([sAt=f] his daughter) of Khnemu (owner of Khnemu, unnumbered mastaba excavated by Junker). Appears in chapel relief, west wall (lower register, second figure from left); in situ in mastaba of Khnemu.

  • Khnemu (Khnemu)

    • Type Tomb Owner
    • Remarks Owner of Khnemu (unnumbered mastaba excavated by Junker). South (partially inscribed) and north false doors inscribed for Khnemu, identified as [Hm-kA Hwt-aA] ka-priest, (one belonging to) the Great Estate; also appears in chapel relief, west wall (seated at offering table with his wife Hathorwer, and with his parents [names not preserved] seated opposite); in situ in mastaba of Khnemu.

  • Khufunefer (in Khnemu)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Son ([sA=f] his son) of Khnemu (owner of Khnemu, unnumbered mastaba excavated by Junker). Appears in chapel relief, west wall (lower register, second figure from right); in situ in mastaba of Khnemu.

  • Khuitenhor (in Khnemu)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Daughter ([sAt=f] his daughter) of Khnemu (owner of Khnemu, unnumbered mastaba excavated by Junker). Appears in chapel relief, west wall (lower register, last figure on left); in situ in mastaba of Khnemu.

  • Neferhau (in Khnemu)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Son ([sA=f] his son) of Khnemu (owner of Khnemu, unnumbered mastaba excavated by Junker). Appears in chapel relief, west wall (lower register, third figure from right); in situ in mastaba of Khnemu.

  • Neferwednet (in Khnemu)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Son ([sA=f] his son) of Khnemu (owner of Khnemu, unnumbered mastaba excavated by Junker). Appears in chapel relief, west wall (lower register, last figure on right); in situ in mastaba of Khnemu.

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.