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Nunetjer

G I-South Cemetery

G I-South Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Nunetjer

Details

  • Tomb Owner
    Nunetjer (Nunetjer)
  • Attested
    Henutsen (in Nunetjer)
    Henutsen-nedjeset (in Nunetjer)
    Nunetjer-nedjes (in Nunetjer)
  • Excavator
    Hermann Junker, German, 1877–1962
  • PorterMoss Date
    Dynasty 6
  • Site Type
    Stone-built mastaba
  • Shafts
    S 61; S 62; S 63; S 64; S 65; S 75; S 76; chapel
  • Remarks
    Mastaba is off southwest corner of G I-S No. 2

Finds 1

Maps & Plans 1

Published Documents 2

Full Bibliography

  • 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.

People 5

Ancient People

  • Henutsen (in Nunetjer)

    • 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.

  • 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.

  • Nunetjer (Nunetjer)

    • 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.

  • Nunetjer-nedjes (in Nunetjer)

    • 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

  • 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.