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Khufudinefankh

Western Cemetery

Western Cemetery: Site: Giz;: View: Khufudinefankh

Details

  • Tomb Owner
    Khufudinefankh (Khufudinefankh)
  • Excavator
    Hermann Junker, German, 1877–1962
  • PorterMoss Date
    Dynasty 5-6
  • Site Type
    Mud-brick mastaba
  • Shafts
    S 802; S 804; S 804a; chapel
  • Remarks
    Mastaba is in street off east wall of G 5340 and off west wall of G 5332 near their south ends. Mastaba is drawn but not labeled on plan EG002029.

Maps & Plans 2

Published Documents 2

Full Bibliography

  • Junker, Hermann. Gîza 8. Der Ostabschnitt des Westfriedhofs, Zweiter Teil. Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien Philosophisch-historische Klasse Denkschriften 73, Abhandlung 1. Vienna: Rudolph M. Rohrer, 1947, pp. 50-53, figs. 18-19, pls. 1, 9, plan after pl. 28.

    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. 160, plan 16.

People 2

Ancient People

  • Khufudinefankh (Khufudinefankh)

    • Type Tomb Owner
    • Remarks Owner of Khufudinefankh (unnumbered mastaba excavated by Junker). False door inscribed for Khufudinefankh, identified as [sHD xntjw-S pr-aA (jmj-r st) nt xntjw-S (pr-aA)] inspector of palace attendants of the Great House, (overseer of the department) of palace attendants (of the Great House); in situ in mastaba of Khufudinefankh, chapel.

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.