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Khuy

Western Cemetery

Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Khuy

Details

  • Tomb Owner
    Khuy (Khuy)
  • Attested
    Demut(?) (near Khuy)
    Nensedjerkai [II] (near Khuy)
    Nepehkau (near Khuy)
    Wahit (near Khuy)
  • Excavator
    Hermann Junker, German, 1877–1962
  • PorterMoss Date
    Dynasty 6
  • Site Type
    Stone-built mastaba
  • Shafts
    S 2401; S 2402; S 2403; chapel
  • Remarks
    Mastaba, built at an angle to the other mastabas in the field, is north of Mastaba of Companion and against south wall of Reisner's G 2015.

Finds 2

Maps & Plans 1

Published Documents 2

Full Bibliography

  • Junker, Hermann. Gîza 9. Das Mittelfeld des Westfriedhofs. Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien Philosophisch-historische Klasse Denkschriften 73, Abhandlung 2. Vienna: Rudolph M. Rohrer, 1950, pp. 33-35, fig. 10, plan 1 after pl. 20.

    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. 120, plan 11.

People 6

Ancient People

  • Demut(?) (near Khuy)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Drum lintel inscribed for Demut(?), identified as [rx nswt xrp mdwt] royal acquaintance, director of speech; found displaced east of mastaba of Khuy (unnumbered mastaba excavated by Junker).

  • Khuy (Khuy)

    • Type Tomb Owner
    • Remarks Owner of Khuy (unnumbered mastaba excavated by Junker). Unfinished false door inscribed for Khuy, identified as [jmj-r xntj-S pr-aA] overseer of palace attendants of the Great House; found in situ in mastaba of Khuy.

  • Nensedjerkai [II] (near Khuy)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Upper part of false door (Leipzig 3131) inscribed for Nensedjerkai [II], identified as [rxt nswt mitrt] royal acquaintance, mitret; found displaced east of mastaba of Khuy (unnumbered mastaba excavated by Junker).

  • Nepehkau (near Khuy)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Seated statue (Hildesheim 2974) inscribed for Nepehkau, and standing pair statue (Hildesheim 2972) inscribed for Nepehkau and Wahit; found displaced near mastaba of Khuy (unnumbered mastaba excavated by Junker).

  • Wahit (near Khuy)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Wife of Nepehkau. Standing pair statue (Hildesheim 2972) inscribed for Nepehkau and Wahit; found displaced near mastaba of Khuy (unnumbered mastaba excavated by Junker).

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.