G I-South Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Lepsius 53
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- Tomb Owner
- Seshemnefer [IV] (Lepsius 53)
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- Attested
- Ankhemsaf (in Lepsius 53)
- Antyhetep (in Lepsius 53)
- Herni(?) (in Lepsius 53)
- Imi (in Lepsius 53)
- Iukau (in Lepsius 53)
- Kaherptah (in Lepsius 53)
- Kh[...] (in Lepsius 53)
- Maa (in Lepsius 53)
- Mereri (in Lepsius 53)
- Neferihy (in Lepsius 53)
- Neferseshemptah Sheshi (in Lepsius 53)
- Nisuakhet (in Lepsius 53)
- Nisutnefer (in Lepsius 53)
- Ptahhetep (Ptahhetep)
- Qar (in Lepsius 53)
- Sehetepu Tepu (Sehetepu Tepu)
- Senankh (in Lepsius 53)
- Seshemnefer (in Lepsius 53)
- Seshemnefer (in Lepsius 53)
- Seshemnefer (in Lepsius 53)
- Seshemnefer (in Lepsius 53)
- Seshemnefer Tjeti (Seshemnefer Tjeti)
- Sesheshen (in Lepsius 53)
- Shepsi (in Lepsius 53)
- Shetnu (in Lepsius 53)
- Tjetju (in Lepsius 53)
- [...]f (in Lepsius 53)
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- Excavator
- (Karl) Richard Lepsius, German, 1810–1884
- Hermann Junker, German, 1877–1962
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- Junker No
- Seshemnefer [IV]
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- Lepsius No
- LG 53
- L.53
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- PorterMoss Date
- End of Dynasty 5 or Dynasty 6
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- Baer Date
- Very end of Dynasty 5 or later
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- Harpur Date
- Unis - Teti
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- Jacquet-Gordon Date
- Dynasty 6
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- Junker Date
- Beginning of Dynasty 6
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- Site Type
- Stone-built mastaba
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- Shafts
- S 341; serdab 1; serdab 2; serdab 3; chapel
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- Remarks
- Mastaba is in the cemetery along the south side of Khufu's pyramid, linked to Lepsius 54, south of Lepsius 55, east of Heneni and north of Ptah-hetep.
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- EMC_JE_53169
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- EMC_JE_53170
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- EMC_JE_53171
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- EMC_JE_53172
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- EMC_JE_53173
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- EMC_JE_53174
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- EMC_JE_53175
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- EMC_JE_53176
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- EMC_JE_53177
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- EMC_JE_53178
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- EMC_JE_53179
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- EMC_JE_53180
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- EMC_JE_53181
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Base of seated statue of Sheshi
- RPM_3264
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- RPM_3251
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- RPM_3190
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- RPM_3192
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- RPM_3193
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- RPM_3194
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- RPM_3270
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- BÄM_1129
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- BÄM_1130
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Relief fragment of offering bearers
- BÄM_1128
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- RPM_3191
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Elevations of G 2378 and Lepsius 53, reconstruction
- ID HUMFA_EG023485
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Lepsius 53: relief from drum lintel and entrance thicknesses
- ID HUMFA_EG025545
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Lepsius 53: relief from W wall, false door
- ID HUMFA_EG025544
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Relief from Lepsius 53 and G 2370, room III, E wall
- ID HUMFA_EG025584
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Relief from Street G 7000 and Lepsius 53, limestone blocks
- ID HUMFA_EG020335
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- ID: HUMFA_GN2_K03_ChapX_p178
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Lepsius 53, Sketch plan and notes
- ID: HUMFA_EG020339
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Lepsius 53, notes and sketches
- ID: HUMFA_EG020080
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Allen, James P. "Some Aspects of the Non-royal Afterlife in the Old Kingdom." In Miroslav Bárta, ed. The Old Kingdom Art and Archaeology. Proceedings of the Conference held in Prague, May 31-June 4, 2004. Prague: Czech Institute of Egyptology, 2006, p. 10 [n. 11].
Arnold, Dieter. "Old Kingdom Statues in their Architectural Setting." In Egyptian Art in the Age of the Pyramids. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1999, p. 44, fig. 22.
Chauvet, Violaine. “Decoration and Architecture: The Definition of Private Tomb Environment.” Servant of Mut. Studies on Ancient Egypt in Honor of Edward F. Wente. Leiden: Brill, 2008, p. 46 note 22.
Delvaux, Luc and Eugène Warmenbol. "Trois Seshemnefer et Trente-Six Domaines." Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 84 (1998), pp. 64, 68, note 47.
Gamer-Wallert, Ingrid."Die bewegte Geschichte der Mastaba Seschemnofers III. (G 5170)." Sokar 9 (2. Halbjahr, 2004), p. 30.
Grdseloff, ASAE 42 (), 58-61.
Jacquet-Gordon, Domaines funéraires, 306-9 (43G6), figs. 92-3.
Jánosi, Peter. "The Tombs of Officials. Houses of Eternity." In Egyptian Art in the Age of the Pyramids. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1999, p. 39, note 73.
Junker, Hermann. Gîza 3. Die Mastabas der vorgeschrittenen V. Dynastie auf dem Westfriedhof. Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien Philosophisch-historische Klasse Denkschriften. Vienna & Leipzig: Hölder-Pichler-Tempsky, 1938, pp. 10, 34-5.
Junker, Hermann. Gîza 11. Der Friedhof südlich der Cheopspyramide: Ostteil. Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien Philosophisch-historische Klasse Denkschriften 74, Abhandlung 2. Vienna: Rudolph M. Rohrer, 1953, pp. 92-96, 100-119, 126-131, 137-241, figs. 49-53, 60-87, 89-95, pls. 1, 5, 7, 11-23, 24a-b, 26, plan after p. 298.
Lehmann, Katja. Der Serdab in den Privatgräbern des Alten Reiches 1-3. Ph.D. Dissertation, Universität Heidelberg, 2000, Kat. G284.
C. R. Lepsius, Denkmaeler aus Aegypten und Aethiopien, Text 1 (Berlin), pp. 77-79.
C. R. Lepsius, Denkmaeler aus Aegypten und Aethiopien, Vol. 2 (Berlin), fig. 80-81.
C. R. Lepsius, Denkmaeler aus Aegypten und Aethiopien, Abteilung 1, Vol 1 (Berlin), pl. 25.
Mariette, Auguste. Les mastabas de l'ancien empire. Paris: F. Vieweg, 1889, pp. 529-30.
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, pp. 223-226, plan 19.
Reisner, George A. A History of the Giza Necropolis 1. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1942, p. 271, fig. 189.
Sethe, Kurt. Urkunden des Alten Reichs. Erster Band. Urkunden des Ägyptischen Altertums Abteilung 1, Hft. 1-4. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung, 1903-1933, pp. 57 [39], 178 [22 (113)].
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Ancient People
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- Type Attested
- Remarks Appears in chapel relief in mastaba of Seshemnefer [IV] (owner of Lepsius 53), exterior chapel, pillared hall, south wall (leading antelope [head of figure not preserved]); in situ in Lepsius 53.
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- Type Attested
- Remarks Appears in chapel relief in mastaba of Seshemnefer [IV] (owner of Lepsius 53), displaced block of relief from exterior chapel entrance = columned portico, west wall (top register, middle figure, carrying birds in both hands), identified as [xrp rtHt (?)] director of the bakery; found in Lepsius 53.
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- Type Attested
- Remarks Appears in chapel relief in mastaba of Seshemnefer [IV] (owner of Lepsius 53), displaced block of relief (Berlin 1130) from interior chapel, room b, west wall (third figure from left, carrying scribal palette), identified as [sS Snwt] scribe of the granary; found in Lepsius 53.
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- Type Attested
- Remarks Appears twice in chapel relief in mastaba of Seshemnefer [IV] (owner of Lepsius 53), exterior chapel, vestibule, south wall (bottom register, second figure from right, carrying two strips of linen [top half of figure only partially preserved]), and interior chapel, room c, north wall (bottom register, fourth figure from left on preserved portion of wall [only lower legs preserved]), identified (in both instances) as [jmj-r sSr] overseer of linen; in situ in Lepsius 53.
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- Type Attested
- Remarks Appears in chapel relief in mastaba of Sehemnefer [IV] (owner of Lepsius 53), displaced fragment of relief (Hildesheim 4861) from interior chapel, room c, north wall (only legs preserved); found in Lepsius 53.
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- Type Attested
- Remarks Appears in chapel relief in mastaba of Seshemnefer [IV] (owner of Lepsius 53), displaced block of relief from exterior chapel entrance = columned portico, east wall (middle register, second figure from right, carrying birds in both hands), identified as [sS] scribe; found in Lepsius 53.
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- Type Attested
- Remarks Appears in chapel relief in mastaba of Seshemnefer [IV] (owner of Lepsius 53), exterior chapel, vestibule, west wall (bottom register, livestock procession [figure and name only partially preserved]), identified as [HqA Hwt] chief of the house; in situ in Lepsius 53.
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- Type Attested
- Remarks Appears in chapel relief in mastaba of Seshemnefer [IV] (owner of Lepsius 53), exterior chapel, pillared hall, south wall (carrying calf [head of figure not preserved]), identified as [jmj-r sSr Hm-kA pr] overseer of linen, ka-priest of the house; in situ in Lepsius 53.
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- Type Attested
- Remarks Appears in chapel relief in mastaba of Seshemnefer [IV] (owner of Lepsius 53), displaced fragmentary block of relief (Hildesheim 3190) from interior chapel, room e, west wall (censing before statue of Seshemnefer [figure only partially preserved]), identified as [jmj-r pr] steward; found in Lepsius 53.
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- Type Attested
- Remarks Appears in chapel relief in mastaba of Seshemnefer [IV] (owner of Lepsius 53), displaced block of relief from exterior chapel entrance = columned portico, west wall (top register, figure on left, carrying bird and lotus flowers), identified as [qbH Hwt aAt (read: Hwt nmt)] butcher of the slaughter-house; found in Lepsius 53.
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Neferseshemptah Sheshi (in Lepsius 53)
- Type Attested
- Remarks Neferseshemptah, [rn=f nfr] his good name Sheshi. Base fragment of seated statue (Hildesheim 3264) inscribed for Neferseshemptah Sheshi (name only partially preserved): found in debris near Seshemnefer [IV] complex. Probably same individual as Neferseshemptah, son ([sA=f] his son) of Seshemnefer [IV] (owner of Lepsius 53). Appears in chapel relief, interior chapel entrance (north door jamb [reveal]), identified as [sAb sS sHD Hmw-kA] juridicial scribe, inspector of ka-priests; in situ in Lepsius 53.
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- Type Attested
- Remarks Appears twice in chapel relief in mastaba of Seshemnefer [IV] (owner of Lepsius 53), exterior chapel, vestibule, south wall (bottom register, fourth figure from left, carrying two strips of linen [top half of figure not preserved]), identified as [jmj-r sSr] overseer of linen, and interior chapel, room c, north wall (bottom register, fifth figure from left on preserved portion of wall [only lower legs preserved]); in situ in Lepsius 53.
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- Type Attested
- Remarks Appears in chapel relief in mastaba of Seshemnefer [IV] (owner of Lepsius 53), displaced block of relief from exterior chapel entrance = columned portico, west wall (top register, figure on right, carrying papyrus stalks and birds), identified as [jmj-r pr] steward; found in Lepsius 53.
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- Type Attested
- Remarks Owner of Ptahhetep (unnumbered mastaba excavated by Junker). False door (upper half not preserved) inscribed for Ptahhetep, identified as [jrj-pat smr watj] hereditary prince, sole companion; also appears in chapel relief (name not preserved, chapel mostly destroyed); in situ in mastaba of Ptahhetep (abutting south face of Seshemnefer [IV] complex). Probably same individual as Ptahhetep, son ([sA=f] his son) of Seshemnefer [IV] (owner of Lepsius 53). Appears in chapel relief, interior chapel entrance (north door jamb [reveal]), identified as [swnw pr-aA sHD Hmw-kA] physician of the Great House, inspector of ka-priests, and possibly also exterior chapel entrance = columned portico, north wall (only lower legs and end of name [...]hetep preserved); in situ in Lepsius 53.
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- Type Attested
- Remarks Appears in chapel relief in mastaba of Sehemnefer [IV] (owner of Lepsius 53), displaced fragment of relief (Hildesheim 4861) from interior chapel, room c, north wall (only legs preserved); found in Lepsius 53.
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- Type Attested
- Remarks Owner of Sehetepu Tepu (unnumbered mastaba excavated by Junker). Sehetepu, [rn=f nfr] his good name Tepu. Chapel entrance door jambs and false door inscribed for Sehetepu Tepu, identified as [sAb jmj-r sSw] juridicial overseer of scribes; also appears in chapel relief; in situ in mastaba of Sehetepu Tepu (west of Seshemnefer [IV] complex). Also appears several times in chapel relief in mastaba of Seshemnefer [IV] (owner of Lepsius 53), interior chapel (entrance south door jamb [reveal], north and west walls of room b, north wall of room c), identified as [sAb sS sHD Hmw-kA] juridicial scribe, inspector of ka-priests; in situ in Lepsius 53.
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- Type Attested
- Remarks Appears in chapel relief in mastaba of Seshemnefer [IV] (owner of Lepsius 53), displaced fragment of relief from chapel (originaly location in chapel unknown, only hand holding staff and name preserved); found in Lepsius 53.
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- Type Attested
- Remarks Appears in chapel relief in mastaba of Seshemnefer [IV] (owner of Lepsius 53), exterior chapel, vestibule, west wall (middle register of perserved portion of wall, livestock procession [figure only partially preserved]); in situ in Lepsius 53. Perhaps to be identified with one of other various Seshemnefers in this mastaba.
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- Type Attested
- Remarks Appears three times in chapel relief in mastaba of Sehemnefer [IV] (owner of Lepsius 53), displaced block of relief (Berlin 1130) from interior chapel, room b, west wall (bottom register, second figure from left), identified as [jmj-r pr] steward, interior chapel, room b, north wall (bottom register, second figure from right), identified as [jmj-r pr sHD Hmw-ka] steward, inspector of ka-priests, interior chapel, room c, north wall (bottom register, second figure from left on preserved portion of wall [only lower legs preserved]), identified as [jmj-r pr] steward; displaced block found in Lepsius 53 others in situ.
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- Type Attested
- Remarks Appears in chapel relief in mastaba of Seshemnefer [IV] (owner of Lepsius 53), displaced block of relief from exterior chapel entrance = columned portico, west wall (bottom register, figure on right, carrying calf), identified as [sAb jrj-mDAt] juridicial letter carrier; found in Lepsius 53.
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- Type Attested
- Remarks Appears twice in chapel relief in mastaba of Seshemnefer [IV] (owner of Lepsius 53), displaced block of relief from exterior chapel entrance = columned portico, east wall (middle register, figure on right, carrying birds in both hands), and exterior chapel, vestibule, south wall (upper register of preserved portion of wall), identified (in both instances) as [jmj-r sSr] overseer of linen; displaced block found in Lepsius 53 other in situ.
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Seshemnefer Tjeti (Seshemnefer Tjeti)
- Type Attested
- Remarks Owner of Seshemnefer Tjeti (unnumbered mastaba excavated by Junker, part of Seshemnefer [IV] complex). Seshemnefer Tjeti, called Tjeti. Remains of false door inscribed for Seshemnefer Tjeti, identified as [smr watj xrp nstj] sole companion, director of the two thrones; also appears in chapel relief (displaced blocks), with previous titles and additional title [HqA bAt] chief of Bat; found in mastaba of Seshemnefer Tjeti (blocks of relief perhaps originally from chapel entrance, to room a). Probable son of Seshemnefer [IV] (owner of Lepsius 53). Appears in chapel relief, interior chapel entrance (facade and reveal faces of north and south door jambs); in situ in Lepsius 53.
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- Type Tomb Owner
- Remarks Owner of Lepsius 53. Two seated statues in forecourt (on either side of exterior chapel entrance), inscribed [smr watj sSmnfr] sole companion Seshemnefer; in situ in Lepsius 53. Interior chapel entrance lintel and drum lintel and false door (in room c) inscribed for Seshemnefer; also appears in chapel relief (in most instances name not preserved, only lower portions of walls preserved) and displaced fragmentary block of relief (Hildesheim 3190) depicted as statue; identified as [xrp nstj m pr-anx Hrj-sStA n mdt nb sStA nt nswt HqA bAt] director of the two thrones in the Mansion of Life, secretary of all secret commands of the king, chief of Bat; in situ in Lepsius 53 (block found in Lepsius 53). Possibly same individual as Seshemnefer (in G 5170), eldest son of Seshemnefer [III] (owner of G 5170).
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- Type Attested
- Remarks Appears in chapel relief in mastaba of Seshemnefer [IV] (owner of Lepsius 53), exterior chapel, vestibule, south wall (bottom register, third figure from left, carrying staff [top half of figure not preserved]), identified as [jmj-r sSr] overseer of linen; in situ in Lepsius 53.
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- Type Attested
- Remarks Appears in chapel relief in mastaba of Sehemnefer [IV] (owner of Lepsius 53), interior chapel, room c, north wall (bottom register, third figure from left on preserved portion of wall [only lower legs preserved]), identified as [jmj-r xt pr] overseer of servants of the house; in situ in Lepsius 53.
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- Type Attested
- Remarks Probable son of Seshemnefer [IV] (owner of Lepsius 53). Appears in chapel relief, interior chapel entrance (south door jamb [reveal]), inscription only partially preserved [... mr=f Stnw] his beloved Shetnu; in situ in Lepsius 53.
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- Type Attested
- Remarks Appears in chapel relief in mastaba of Seshemnefer [IV] (owner of Lepsius 53), interior chapel, room b, north wall (third figure from right), identified as [sS Snwt] scribe of the granary; in situ in Lepsius 53.
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- Type Attested
- Remarks Appears in chapel relief in mastaba of Seshemnefer [IV] (owner of Lepsius 53), displaced fragmentary block of relief (Hildesheim 3190) from interior chapel, room e, west wall (figure and name almost entirely destroyed); found in Lepsius 53.
Modern People
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- Type Excavator
- Nationality & Dates German, 1810–1884
- Remarks Egyptologist. Nationality and life dates from Who was Who in Egyptology.
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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_A6977_NS
Subjects: G I-South Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Mastaba, VI, Mastaba VII, Mastaba VIII, Mastaba IX, Mastaba X, Nisusankh, Nisuhenu, Sehetepu Tepu, Heneni, Khenut, Lepsius 53, Lepsius 54, Lepsius 55, Seshemnefer-tjeti, Ptahhetep
Description: G I-South Cemetery (mastabas S of Khufu pyramid), E end, including Mastaba, VI, Mastaba VII, Mastaba VIII, Mastaba IX, Mastaba X, and mastabas of Nisusankh, Nisuhenu, Sehetepu Tepu, Heneni, Khenut, and Seshemnefer [IV] complex, looking SSE to Sphinx and beyond from top of Khufu pyramid
ID: HUMFA_EG019923
Subjects: Maps and plans: Plan 6: Cemetery G I-South of German-Austrian Excavation Concession (East Half)
Description: Partial plan of the German-Austrian concession: G I-South Cemetery, south of the Khufu pyramid, eastern half, published in H. Junker, Giza 10
ID: MFAB_AAW1197
Subjects: G I-South Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Lepsius 53, Lepsius 54, mastaba of Seshemnefer Tjeti
Description: G I-South Cemetery: Seshemnefer [IV] complex (including Lepsius 53, Lepsius 54, mastaba of Seshemnefer Tjeti), looking S
ID: MFAB_AAW1664
Subjects: G I-South Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Lepsius 53
Description: G I-South Cemetery (Seshemnefer [IV] complex): Lepsius 53, Seshemnefer [IV], exterior chapel (pillared hall), W wall, relief, interior chapel entrance, looking W
ID: KHM_AEOS_II_5083
Subjects: G I-South Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Lepsius 53
Description: G I-South Cemetery (Seshemnefer [IV] complex): Lepsius 53, Seshemnefer [IV], exterior chapel entrance (columned portico), relief (marsh scene) on N wall, fallen block of relief from W wall (middle ground center), looking NW
ID: KHM_AEOS_II_5084
Subjects: G I-South Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Lepsius 53
Description: G I-South Cemetery (Seshemnefer [IV] complex): Lepsius 53, Seshemnefer [IV], exterior chapel entrance (columned portico), fallen block of relief from W wall (foreground), looking ENE
ID: KHM_AEOS_II_5085
Subjects: G I-South Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Lepsius 53
Description: G I-South Cemetery (Seshemnefer [IV] complex): Lepsius 53, remains of seated statue to W of exterior chapel entrance (columned portico), looking NNW
ID: KHM_AEOS_II_5086
Subjects: G I-South Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Lepsius 53
Description: G I-South Cemetery (Seshemnefer [IV] complex): Lepsius 53, remains of seated statue to E of exterior chapel entrance (columned portico), looking NNE
ID: KHM_AEOS_II_5087
Subjects: G I-South Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Lepsius 53
Description: G I-South Cemetery (Seshemnefer [IV] complex): Lepsius 53, exterior chapel entrance (columned portico), remains of seated statues to E and W, looking N
ID: KHM_AEOS_II_5095
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Lepsius 53
Description: Block of relief (kheker frieze) from (Seshemnefer [IV] complex) Lepsius 53, Seshemnefer [IV], interior chapel (room c)
ID: KHM_AEOS_II_5098
Subjects: G I-South Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Lepsius 53
Description: G I-South Cemetery (Seshemnefer [IV] complex): Lepsius 53, Seshemnefer [IV], exterior chapel (vestibule), W wall, relief (registers of hunting scenes and livestock procession, including partially preserved figures identified as Kh[...] and Seshemnefer), looking W
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Lepsius 53
Description: Block of relief (agricultural scenes) from (Seshemnefer [IV] complex) Lepsius 53, Seshemnefer [IV], interior chapel (room a), W wall: Pelizaeus- Museum, Hildesheim RPM_3191
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Lepsius 53
Description: Block of relief (livestock procession) from (Seshemnefer [IV] complex) Lepsius 53, Seshemnefer [IV], interior chapel (W door jamb between rooms a and b) (in packing crate): Pelizaeus- Museum, Hildesheim RPM_3194
ID: KHM_AEOS_II_5125
Subjects: G I-South Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Lepsius 53
Description: G I-South Cemetery (Seshemnefer [IV] complex): Lepsius 53, Seshemnefer [IV], interior chapel (room c), S wall, relief (remains of butchering scene), looking S
ID: KHM_AEOS_II_5129
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Lepsius 53
Description: Block of relief (goats) from (Seshemnefer [IV] complex) Lepsius 53, Seshemnefer [IV], chapel: Pelizaeus-Museum, Hildesheim 3192
ID: KHM_AEOS_II_5137
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Lepsius 53
Description: Block of relief (preserving name Senankh) from (Seshemnefer [IV] complex) Lepsius 53, Seshemnefer [IV], chapel
ID: KHM_AEOS_II_5143
Subjects: G I-South Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Lepsius 53
Description: G I-South Cemetery (Seshemnefer [IV] complex): Lepsius 53, Seshemnefer [IV], interior chapel (room e), W wall (N part), relief (feet of standing figure of Seshemnefer), looking W
Subjects: G I-South Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Lepsius 53
Description: G I-South Cemetery (Seshemnefer [IV] complex): Lepsius 53, Seshemnefer [IV], interior chapel (room a), W wall, relief (registers of agricultural scenes) (Pelizaeus-Museum, Hildesheim RPM_3191), looking W
ID: KHM_AEOS_II_5159
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Lepsius 53
Description: Chapel entrance drum lintel inscribed for Seshemnefer from (Seshemnefer [IV] complex) Lepsius 53, Seshemnefer [IV], interior chapel entrance
ID: KHM_AEOS_II_5163
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Lepsius 53
Description: Block of inscription (offering list) from (Seshemnefer [IV] complex) Lepsius 53, Seshemnefer [IV], interior chapel (room c) N wall
ID: KHM_AEOS_II_5166
Subjects: G I-South Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Lepsius 53
Description: G I-South Cemetery (Seshemnefer [IV] complex): Lepsius 53, Seshemnefer [IV], exterior chapel (pillared hall), W wall (S of interior chapel entrance = facade face of S door jamb), relief (lower portion of standing figure of Seshemnefer accompanied by his wife[?] and figure of Seshemnefer Tjeti), looking W
ID: KHM_AEOS_II_5167
Subjects: G I-South Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Lepsius 53
Description: G I-South Cemetery (Seshemnefer [IV] complex): Lepsius 53, Seshemnefer [IV], exterior chapel (pillared hall), W wall (N of interior chapel entrance = facade face of N door jamb), relief (lower portion of standing figure of Seshemnefer accompanied by his wife[?] and figure of Seshemnefer Tjeti), looking W
ID: KHM_AEOS_II_5168
Subjects: G I-South Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Lepsius 53
Description: G I-South Cemetery (Seshemnefer [IV] complex): Lepsius 53, exterior chapel entrance (columned portico), remains of seated statues (upper parts replaced) inscribed for Seshemnefer to E and W, looking N
ID: KHM_AEOS_II_5170
Subjects: G I-South Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Lepsius 53
Description: G I-South Cemetery (Seshemnefer [IV] complex): Lepsius 53, remains of seated statue (upper part replaced) inscribed for Seshemnefer to E of exterior chapel entrance (columned portico), looking E
ID: KHM_AEOS_II_5171
Subjects: G I-South Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Lepsius 53
Description: G I-South Cemetery (Seshemnefer [IV] complex): Lepsius 53, remains of seated statue (upper part replaced) inscribed for Seshemnefer to E of exterior chapel entrance (columned portico), with obelisk in situ, looking N
ID: KHM_AEOS_II_5172
Subjects: G I-South Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Lepsius 53
Description: G I-South Cemetery (Seshemnefer [IV] complex): Lepsius 53, remains of seated statue (upper part replaced) inscribed for Seshemnefer to W of exterior chapel entrance (columned portico), inscription on side of seat, looking W
ID: KHM_AEOS_II_5173
Subjects: G I-South Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Lepsius 53
Description: G I-South Cemetery (Seshemnefer [IV] complex): Lepsius 53, remains of seated statue (upper part replaced) inscribed for Seshemnefer to W of exterior chapel entrance (columned portico), looking NE
ID: KHM_AEOS_II_5183
Subjects: G I-South Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Lepsius 53
Description: G I-South Cemetery (Seshemnefer [IV] complex): Lepsius 53, exterior chapel entrance (columned portico), remains of seated statues (upper parts replaced) inscribed for Seshemnefer to E and W, looking N
ID: KHM_AEOS_II_5184
Subjects: G I-South Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Lepsius 53
Description: G I-South Cemetery (Seshemnefer [IV] complex): remains of kiosk S of Lepsius 53, exterior chapel entrance, looking NE
ID: KHM_AEOS_II_5185
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Lepsius 53
Description: Base of seated statue inscribed for Neferseshemptah Sheshi found in debris near Seshemnefer [IV] complex: Pelizaeus-Museum, Hildesheim 3264
ID: KHM_AEOS_II_5186
Subjects: G I-South Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Lepsius 53
Description: G I-South Cemetery (Seshemnefer [IV] complex): Lepsius 53, Seshemnefer [IV], interior chapel (room c), N wall, relief (remains of bottom register, lower legs and feet of row of offering bearers, including Sehetep, Seshemnefer, Shepsi, Imi, and Nisuakhet), looking N
ID: KHM_AEOS_II_5189
Subjects: G I-South Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Lepsius 53
Description: G I-South Cemetery (Seshemnefer [IV] complex): Lepsius 53, Seshemnefer [IV], exterior chapel (columned portico), N wall (W of chapel entrance), relief (marsh hunting scene; only lower portion preserved: legs of figure of Seshemnefer, legs of figure with partially preserved name [...]hetep), looking N
ID: KHM_AEOS_II_5196
Subjects: G I-South Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Lepsius 53
Description: G I-South Cemetery (Seshemnefer [IV] complex): Lepsius 53, Seshemnefer [IV], exterior chapel (open court), palace facade false door on E face of mastaba, looking W
ID: KHM_AEOS_II_5200
Subjects: G I-South Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Lepsius 53
Description: G I-South Cemetery (Seshemnefer [IV] complex): Lepsius 53, shaft S 341, burial chamber, sarcophagus, looking SW
ID: KHM_AEOS_II_5203
Subjects: G I-South Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Lepsius 53
Description: G I-South Cemetery (Seshemnefer [IV] complex): Lepsius 53, Seshemnefer [IV], exterior chapel (vestibule), E wall, relief (food preparation scenes), looking E
Subjects: G I-South Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Lepsius 53
Description: G I-South Cemetery (Seshemnefer [IV] complex): Lepsius 53, Seshemnefer [IV], exterior chapel (pillared hall), W wall (S part), relief, looking W
ID: KHM_AEOS_II_5210
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Lepsius 53
Description: Block of relief (depicting statue of Seshemnefer and offering bearers, including Mereri and [...]f) from (Seshemnefer [IV] complex) Lepsius 53, Seshemnefer [IV], interior chapel (room e), W wall (S part): Pelizaeus-Museum, Hildesheim RPM_3190
Subjects: G I-South Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Lepsius 53
Description: G I-South Cemetery (Seshemnefer [IV] complex): Lepsius 53, Seshemnefer [IV], exterior chapel (pillared hall), N wall, relief (remains of bottom register), looking N
Subjects: G I-South Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Lepsius 53
Description: G I-South Cemetery (Seshemnefer [IV] complex): Lepsius 53, Seshemnefer [IV], interior chapel (room c), N wall, relief (remains of bottom register, lower legs and feet of row of offering bearers, including Sehetep, Seshemnefer, Shepsi, Imi, and Nisuakhet), looking N
ID: KHM_AEOS_II_5217
Subjects: G I-South Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Lepsius 53
Description: G I-South Cemetery (Seshemnefer [IV] complex): Lepsius 53, Seshemnefer [IV], exterior chapel (vestibule), N wall, relief, looking N
Subjects: G I-South Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Lepsius 53
Description: G I-South Cemetery (Seshemnefer [IV] complex): Lepsius 53, Seshemnefer [IV], exterior chapel (pillared hall), W wall (N part) and interior chapel entrance (facade face of N door jamb), relief, looking W
Subjects: G I-South Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Lepsius 53
Description: G I-South Cemetery (Seshemnefer [IV] complex): Lepsius 53, Seshemnefer [IV], interior chapel (room a), entrance, N door jamb (reveal), relief (lower portion of standing figure of Seshemnefer, with his sons, Neferseshemptah and Ptahhetep, and figure of Seshemnefer Tjeti [name only partially preserved]), looking NE
Subjects: G I-South Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Lepsius 53
Description: G I-South Cemetery (Seshemnefer [IV] complex): Lepsius 53, Seshemnefer [IV], interior chapel (room a), entrance, S door jamb (reveal), relief (lower portion of standing figure of Seshemnefer, with his sons [?] Shetnu and Sehetep, and figure of Seshemnefer Tjeti [name only partially preserved]), looking SE
ID: KHM_AEOS_II_5224
Subjects: G I-South Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Lepsius 53
Description: G I-South Cemetery (Seshemnefer [IV] complex): Lepsius 53, Seshemnefer [IV], exterior chapel (vestibule), S wall, relief (registers of offering bearers, including Seshemnefer, and Sesheshen, Nisuakhet, and Imi), looking S
ID: KHM_AEOS_II_5229
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Lepsius 53
Description: Block of inscribed lintel from (Seshemnefer [IV] complex) Lepsius 53, Seshemnefer [IV], chapel
ID: KHM_AEOS_II_5234
Subjects: G I-South Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Magazin, Sehetepu Tepu, Lepsius 53, Heneni
Description: G I-South Cemetery: magazin (foreground) S of mastaba of Sehetepu Tepu (middle ground left) and W of (Seshemnefer [IV] complex) Lepsius 53 (background), pottery jars in situ, looking NE (S end of mastaba of Heneni, to E of Sehetepu Tepu)
ID: KHM_AEOS_II_5248
Subjects: G I-South Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Lepsius 53
Description: G I-South Cemetery (Seshemnefer [IV] complex): Lepsius 53, Seshemnefer [IV], exterior chapel, open court with large rectangular basin in court floor and palace facade false door on E face of mastaba, and pillared hall (to N) with entrance to interior chapel, looking NNW
ID: KHM_AEOS_II_5249
Subjects: G I-South Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Lepsius 53
Description: G I-South Cemetery (Seshemnefer [IV] complex): Lepsius 53, Seshemnefer [IV], exterior chapel, pillared hall (foreground), and open court (to S) with large rectangular basin in court floor and palace facade false door on E face of mastaba, looking SSW
ID: KHM_AEOS_II_5259
Subjects: G I-South Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Lepsius 53
Description: G I-South Cemetery (Seshemnefer [IV] complex): Lepsius 53, Seshemnefer [IV], exterior chapel (vestibule), E wall (S part), relief (food preparation scene), looking E
ID: KHM_AEOS_II_5260
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Lepsius 53
Description: Obelisks from (Seshemnefer [IV] complex) Lepsius 53, Seshemnefer [IV], originally flanking ramp to exterior chapel entrance
ID: KHM_AEOS_II_5261
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Lepsius 53
Description: Obelisks from (Seshemnefer [IV] complex) Lepsius 53, Seshemnefer [IV], originally flanking ramp to exterior chapel entrance
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Lepsius 53
Description: Block of relief (livestock procession, including hyena) from (Seshemnefer [IV] complex) Lepsius 53, Seshemnefer [IV], chapel
ID: KHM_AEOS_II_5266
Subjects: G I-South Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Lepsius 53
Description: G I-South Cemetery (Seshemnefer [IV] complex): Lepsius 53, Seshemnefer [IV], exterior chapel, pillared hall (foreground), and open court (to S) with large rectangular basin in court floor and palace facade false door on E face of mastaba, looking SSW
ID: KHM_AEOS_II_5278
Subjects: G I-South Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Lepsius 53
Description: G I-South Cemetery (Seshemnefer [IV] complex): Lepsius 53, exterior chapel entrance (columned portico), remains of seated statues (upper parts replaced) to E and W, and remains of kiosk S of entrance (foreground center), looking N
ID: KHM_AEOS_II_5279
Subjects: G I-South Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Lepsius 53
Description: G I-South Cemetery (Seshemnefer [IV] complex): Lepsius 53, exterior chapel entrance (columned portico), remains of seated statues (upper parts replaced) to E and W, looking N
Subjects: Sphinx/Sphinx temple: Site: Giza; view: Lepsius 53
Description: Fragment of relief (heads of hyenas) from (Seshemnefer [IV] complex) Lepsius 53, Seshemnefer [IV], chapel: Pelizaeus-Museum, Hildesheim RPM_3270
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Lepsius 53
Description: Blocks of relief (agricultural scenes) from (Seshemnefer [IV] complex) Lepsius 53, Seshemnefer [IV], chapel: Pelizaeus-Museum, Hildesheim RPM_3191
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Lepsius 53
Description: Blocks of relief (depicting statue of Seshemnefer and offering bearers, including Mereri and [...]f) from (Seshemnefer [IV] complex) Lepsius 53, Seshemnefer [IV], interior chapel (room e), W wall (S part): Pelizaeus-Museum, Hildesheim RPM_3190
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Lepsius 53
Description: Base of seated statue inscribed for Neferseshemptah Sheshi found in debris near Seshemnefer [IV] complex: Pelizaeus-Museum, Hildesheim 3264
Subjects: G I-South Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Lepsius 53
Description: G I-South Cemetery (Seshemnefer [IV] complex): Lepsius 53, exterior chapel entrance (columned portico), remains of seated statues (upper parts replaced) to E and W, and remains of kiosk S of entrance (middle ground center), looking N
Subjects: G I-South Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Lepsius 53
Description: G I-South Cemetery (Seshemnefer [IV] complex): Lepsius 53, Seshemnefer [IV], exterior chapel entrance (columned portico), relief (marsh scene) on N wall, fallen block of relief from W wall (middle ground center), looking NW
Subjects: G I-South Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Lepsius 53
Description: G I-South Cemetery (Seshemnefer [IV] complex): remains of kiosk S of Lepsius 53, exterior chapel entrance, looking NE
Subjects: G I-South Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Lepsius 53
Description: G I-South Cemetery (Seshemnefer [IV] complex): Lepsius 53, Seshemnefer [IV], exterior chapel (open court), large rectangular basin in court floor and palace facade false door on E face of mastaba, looking NW
Subjects: Squeeze: Site: Giza; view: LG 53
Description: squeeze of relief: frieze of offering bearers from the tomb of Seshemnefer; Squeeze: a reverse copy of an inscription/image, made by applying damp filter paper or liquid latex to an object's surface. Popular in the 19th century.
Subjects: Squeeze: Site: Giza; view: LG 53
Description: squeeze of relief: frieze of offering bearers from the tomb of Seshemnefer; Squeeze: a reverse copy of an inscription/image, made by applying damp filter paper or liquid latex to an object's surface. Popular in the 19th century.
Subjects: Squeeze: Site: Giza; view: LG 53
Description: squeeze of relief: frieze of offering bearers from the tomb of Seshemnefer; Squeeze: a reverse copy of an inscription/image, made by applying damp filter paper or liquid latex to an object's surface. Popular in the 19th century.
Subjects: Squeeze: Site: Giza; view: LG 53
Description: squeeze of relief: frieze of offering bearers from the tomb of Seshemnefer; Squeeze: a reverse copy of an inscription/image, made by applying damp filter paper or liquid latex to an object's surface. Popular in the 19th century.
Subjects: Squeeze: Site: Giza; view: LG 53
Description: squeeze of relief: frieze of offering bearers from the tomb of Seshemnefer; Squeeze: a reverse copy of an inscription/image, made by applying damp filter paper or liquid latex to an object's surface. Popular in the 19th century.
Subjects: Squeeze: Site: Giza; view: LG 53
Description: squeeze of relief: frieze of offering bearers from the tomb of Seshemnefer; Squeeze: a reverse copy of an inscription/image, made by applying damp filter paper or liquid latex to an object's surface. Popular in the 19th century.
Subjects: Squeeze: Site: Giza; view: LG 53
Description: squeeze of relief: frieze of offering bearers from the tomb of Seshemnefer; Squeeze: a reverse copy of an inscription/image, made by applying damp filter paper or liquid latex to an object's surface. Popular in the 19th century.
Subjects: Squeeze: Site: Giza; view: LG 53
Description: squeeze of relief: frieze of offering bearers from the tomb of Seshemnefer; Squeeze: a reverse copy of an inscription/image, made by applying damp filter paper or liquid latex to an object's surface. Popular in the 19th century.
Subjects: Squeeze: Site: Giza; view: LG 53
Description: squeeze of relief: frieze of offering bearers from the tomb of Seshemnefer; Squeeze: a reverse copy of an inscription/image, made by applying damp filter paper or liquid latex to an object's surface. Popular in the 19th century.
Subjects: Squeeze: Site: Giza; view: LG 53
Description: squeeze of relief: frieze of offering bearers from the tomb of Seshemnefer; Squeeze: a reverse copy of an inscription/image, made by applying damp filter paper or liquid latex to an object's surface. Popular in the 19th century.
Subjects: Squeeze: Site: Giza; view: LG 53
Description: squeeze of relief: frieze of offering bearers from the tomb of Seshemnefer; Squeeze: a reverse copy of an inscription/image, made by applying damp filter paper or liquid latex to an object's surface. Popular in the 19th century.
Subjects: Squeeze: Site: Giza; view: LG 53
Description: squeeze of relief: frieze of offering bearers from the tomb of Seshemnefer; Squeeze: a reverse copy of an inscription/image, made by applying damp filter paper or liquid latex to an object's surface. Popular in the 19th century.
Subjects: Squeeze: Site: Giza; view: LG 53
Description: squeeze of relief: frieze of offering bearers from the tomb of Seshemnefer; Squeeze: a reverse copy of an inscription/image, made by applying damp filter paper or liquid latex to an object's surface. Popular in the 19th century.
Subjects: Squeeze: Site: Giza; view: LG 53
Description: squeeze of relief: frieze of offering bearers from the tomb of Seshemnefer; Squeeze: a reverse copy of an inscription/image, made by applying damp filter paper or liquid latex to an object's surface. Popular in the 19th century.
Subjects: Squeeze: Site: Giza; view: LG 53
Description: squeeze of relief: frieze of offering bearers from the tomb of Seshemnefer; Squeeze: a reverse copy of an inscription/image, made by applying damp filter paper or liquid latex to an object's surface. Popular in the 19th century.
Subjects: Squeeze: Site: Giza; view: LG 53
Description: squeeze of relief: frieze of offering bearers from the tomb of Seshemnefer; Squeeze: a reverse copy of an inscription/image, made by applying damp filter paper or liquid latex to an object's surface. Popular in the 19th century.
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