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Niankhhathor

Western Cemetery

Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Niankhhathor

Details

  • Tomb Owner
    Niankhhathor (Niankhhathor)
  • Attested
    Ineb (in Niankhhathor)
    Nenkheftka (near Niankhhathor)
  • Excavator
    Hermann Junker, German, 1877–1962
  • PorterMoss Date
    Late Old Kingdom
  • Site Type
    Stone-built mastaba
  • Shafts
    S 2195; S 2196; chapel
  • Remarks
    Mastaba is built against west wall of s 2192/2213, south of G 2000. Libation-basin of Nenkheftka was found nearby, but not in the mastaba.

Maps & Plans 2

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. 91-96, 126, figs. 34, 39, 57, 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. 118, plan 11.

    Strudwick, Nigel. "A slab of Int-kAs in the Fitzwilliam Museum." Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 73 (1987), p. 202.

People 4

Ancient People

  • Ineb (in Niankhhathor)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Son ([sA=s] her son) of Niankhhathor (owner of Niankhhathor, unnumbered mastaba excavated by Junker). Appears on panel of relief north of south false door inscribed for his mother Niankhhathor, identified as [sHD mDHw pr-nswt] inspector of carpenters of the palace; found in situ in mastaba of Niankhhathor.

  • Nenkheftka (near Niankhhathor)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Limestone offering basin (KHM Vienna ÄS 7822) inscribed for Nenkheftka; found near mastaba of Niankhhathor (unnumbered mastaba excavated by Junker).

  • Niankhhathor (Niankhhathor)

    • Type Tomb Owner
    • Remarks Owner of Niankhhathor (unnumbered mastaba excavated by Junker). South false door (and panels of relief to north and south) inscribed for Niankhhathor, identified as [Hm-nTr HwtHr nbt smjwt] priestess of Hathor Mistress-of-Deserts; found in situ in mastaba of Niankhhathor.

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.