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  • Tomb Owner
    Sekhemankhptah (G 7152)
  • Attested
    Bunefer (in G 7152)
    Meretites (in G 7152)
    Seshemnefer (in G 7152)
  • Excavator
    George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942
  • Harpur Date
    Unis - Teti ?
  • Strudwick Date
    Early -middle reign of Niuserre
  • Baer Date
    Dynasty 5 to Dynasty 6
  • PorterMoss Date
    Late Dynasty 5 or Dynasty 6
  • Site Type
    Stone-built mastaba
  • Shafts
    G 7152 A; G 7152 B; G 7152 Serdab

Finds 56

Excavation Diary Pages 31

Maps & Plans 20

Drawings 11

Published Documents 7

Unpublished Documents 57

Full Bibliography

  • Badawy, Alexander. Iteti, Sekhemankh-ptah and Kaemnofert, pp. 15-23, figs. 18-24, pls. 14-23.

    Callender, Vivienne G. "A Contribution to the Burial of Women in the Old Kingdom." In Filip Coppens, ed. Abusir and Saqqara in the year 2001. Proceedings of the Symposium (Prague, September 25th-27th, 2001). Archiv Orientální 70, No. 3 (August 2002). Prague: Oriental Institute, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, p. 303, n. 15.

    Lehmann, Katja. Der Serdab in den Privatgräbern des Alten Reiches 1-3. Ph.D. Dissertation, Universität Heidelberg, 2000, Kat. G247.

    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. 191.

    Reisner, George A. A History of the Giza Necropolis 1. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1942, pp. 210, 312.

    Smith, William Stevenson. A History of Egyptian Sculpture and Painting in the Old Kingdom. London: Geoffrey Cumberlege, Oxford University Press on behalf of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1946, p. 200.

People 5

Ancient People

  • Bunefer (in G 7152)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Probable wife of Sekhemankhptah.
  • Meretites (in G 7152)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Small girl behind figure of Princess Bunefer.
  • Sekhemankhptah (G 7152)

    • Type Tomb Owner
  • Seshemnefer (in G 7152)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Son of Sekhemankhptah (owner of G 7152). Appears as small boy in front of his father on west wall of chapel, identified as [sAb jmj-r sSw sS a nswt xft-Hr] juridicial overseer of scribes, royal document scribe in the presence; in situ in G 7152.

Modern People

  • George Andrew Reisner

    • Type Excavator
    • Nationality & Dates American, 1867–1942
    • Remarks Egyptologist, archaeologist; Referred to as "the doctor" and "mudir" (Arabic for "director") in the excavation records. Nationality and life dates from Who was Who in Egyptology.