G I-South Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Nunetjer
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- Tomb Owner
- Nunetjer (Nunetjer)
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- Attested
- Henutsen (in Nunetjer)
- Henutsen-nedjeset (in Nunetjer)
- Nunetjer-nedjes (in Nunetjer)
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- Excavator
- Hermann Junker, German, 1877–1962
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- PorterMoss Date
- Dynasty 6
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- Site Type
- Stone-built mastaba
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- Shafts
- S 61; S 62; S 63; S 64; S 65; S 75; S 76; chapel
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- Remarks
- Mastaba is off southwest corner of G I-S No. 2
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Limestone relief from tomb of Nunetjer
- KHM_ÄS_8028
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Junker, Hermann. Gîza 10. Der Friedhof südlich der Cheopspyramide: Westteil. Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien Philosophisch-historische Klasse Denkschriften 74, Abhandlung 1. Vienna: Rudolph M. Rohrer, 1951, pp. 113-136, figs. 43-46, plan 1 of 2 after p. 211.
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. 217, plan 19.
Ancient People
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- Type Attested
- Remarks Wife ([Hmt=f] his wife) of Nunetjer (owner of Nunetjer, unnumbered mastaba excavated by Junker). Appears in chapel relief (KHM Vienna ÄS 8028), west wall (bottom register, kneeling figure), identified as [mjtrt] mitret; blocks of relief found in situ in mastaba of Nunetjer.
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Henutsen-nedjeset (in Nunetjer)
- Type Attested
- Remarks Daughter of Nunetjer (owner of Nunetjer, unnumbered mastaba excavated by Junker). Appears in chapel relief (KHM Vienna ÄS 8028), west wall (bottom register, kneeling figure); blocks of relief found in situ in mastaba of Nunetjer.
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- Type Tomb Owner
- Remarks Owner of Nunetjer (unnumbered mastaba excavated by Junker). False door inscribed for Nunetjer; also appears in chapel relief (KHM Vienna ÄS 8028), west wall (seated at offering table, only lower half preserved); blocks of relief found in situ in mastaba of Nunetjer.
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- Type Attested
- Remarks Son of Nunetjer (owner of Nunetjer, unnumbered mastaba excavated by Junker). Appears in chapel relief (KHM Vienna ÄS 8028), west wall (crouching before his father, figure under offering table), identified as [sS] scribe; blocks of relief found in situ in mastaba of Nunetjer.
Modern People
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- 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.
ID: HUMFA_B6335_NS
Subjects: G I-South Cemetery: Site: Giza: View: Mastaba I, Mastaba III, Mastaba IV, Lepsius 52, Mastaba VI, Itjef, Khnumnefer, Nunetjer, Niankhhathor [II], Isu & Meshedu, Iymery [I]
Description: G I-South Cemetery (mastabas S of Khufu pyramid), W end (including Mastaba I, Mastaba III, Mastaba IV, Lepsius 52, Mastaba VI, and mastabas of Itjef, Khnumnefer, Nunetjer, Niankhhathor [II], Isu & Meshedu, and Iymery [I]), looking S from Khufu pyramid
ID: HUMFA_EG019922
Subjects: Maps and plans: Plan 5: Cemetery G I-South of German-Austrian Excavation Concession (West Half)
Description: Partial plan of the German-Austrian concession: G I-South Cemetery, south of the Khufu pyramid, western half, published in H. Junker, Giza 10
ID: PDM_1993.124.18
Subjects: G I-South Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Mastaba I (G I S), Mastaba III (G II S), Mastaba IV (G III S), Itjef, Khnumnefer, Nunetjer, Niankhhathor [II]
Description: G I-South Cemetery (mastabas S of Khufu pyramid and Khufu Boat Museum): Mastaba I (G I S), Mastaba III (G II S), Mastaba IV (G III S), mastabas of Itjef, Khnumnefer, Nunetjer and Niankhhathor [II] (in space between Mastaba I and Mastaba III), looking S from top of Khufu pyramid
ID: KHM_AEOS_8028_1
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Nunetjer
Description: Blocks of relief (detail: top register, butchering; bottom register, dancers) from mastaba of Nunetjer, chapel: Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna ÄS 8028
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Nunetjer
Description: Blocks of relief (detail: dancers, including dwarf) from mastaba of Nunetjer, chapel: Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna ÄS 8028
ID: KHM_AEOS_8028_8523_8955_8956
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Nunetjer
Description: Blocks of relief from mastaba of Nunetjer, chapel: Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna ÄS 8028
ID: KHM_AEOS_II_5212
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Nunetjer
Description: Blocks of relief (left, kneeling figure of Henutsen; right, monkey) from mastaba of Nunetjer, chapel: Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna ÄS 8028
ID: KHM_AEOS_II_5213
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Nunetjer
Description: Blocks of relief (left, dancers, including dwarf; right, butchering) from mastaba of Nunetjer, chapel: Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna ÄS 8028
ID: KHM_AEOS_II_5214
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Nunetjer
Description: Blocks of relief (left, kneeling figure of Nunetjer-nedjes; right, butchering) from mastaba of Nunetjer, chapel: Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna ÄS 8028
ID: KHM_AEOS_II_5215
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Nunetjer
Description: Blocks of relief (bottom left, kneeling figure of Henutsen-nedjeset) from mastaba of Nunetjer, chapel: Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna ÄS 8028
Subjects: G I-South Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Nunetjer
Description: G I-South Cemetery: mastaba of Nunetjer, chapel, W wall, S of false door, relief (KHM Vienna ÄS 8028) (detail: top register, butchering; bottom register, dancers, including dwarf), looking W
Subjects: G I-South Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Nunetjer
Description: G I-South Cemetery: mastaba of Nunetjer, chapel, W wall, S of false door, relief (KHM Vienna ÄS 8028) (detail: butchering), looking W
Subjects: G I-South Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Nunetjer
Description: G I-South Cemetery: mastaba of Nunetjer, chapel, W wall, S of false door, relief (KHM Vienna ÄS 8028) (detail: top register, butchering; bottom register, dancers, including dwarf), looking W
Subjects: G I-South Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Nunetjer
Description: G I-South Cemetery: mastaba of Nunetjer, chapel, W wall, S of false door, relief (KHM Vienna ÄS 8028) (detail: top register, monkey under chair; bottom register, kneeling figure of Henutsen), looking W
Subjects: G I-South Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Nunetjer
Description: G I-South Cemetery: mastaba of Nunetjer, chapel, W wall, S of false door, relief (KHM Vienna ÄS 8028) (detail: top register, crouching figure of Nunetjer-nedjes; bottom register, kneeling figure of Henutsen-nedjeset), looking W
Subjects: G I-South Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Nunetjer
Description: G I-South Cemetery: mastaba of Nunetjer, chapel, W wall, S of false door, relief (KHM Vienna ÄS 8028) (detail: top register, butchering; bottom register, dancers, including dwarf), looking W
Subjects: G I-South Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Nunetjer
Description: G I-South Cemetery: mastaba of Nunetjer, chapel, W wall, S of false door, relief (KHM Vienna ÄS 8028), looking W
Subjects: G I-South Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Nunetjer
Description: G I-South Cemetery: mastaba of Nunetjer, chapel, W wall, S of false door, relief (KHM Vienna ÄS 8028), looking W
Subjects: G I-South Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Nunetjer
Description: G I-South Cemetery: mastaba of Nunetjer, chapel, W wall, S of false door, relief (KHM Vienna ÄS 8028) (detail: dancers, including dwarf), looking W
Subjects: G I-South Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Nunetjer
Description: G I-South Cemetery: mastaba of Nunetjer, chapel, W wall, S of false door, relief (KHM Vienna ÄS 8028) (detail: dancers, including dwarf), looking W
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Nunetjer
Description: Blocks of relief from mastaba of Nunetjer, chapel: Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna ÄS 8028
Subjects: G I-South Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Nunetjer
Description: G I-South Cemetery: mastaba of Nunetjer, chapel, offering stone with lower part of offering stand in situ, looking W
Subjects: G I-South Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Nunetjer
Description: G I-South Cemetery: mastaba of Nunetjer, chapel, offering stone with lower part of offering stand in situ, looking W
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