Digital Giza | Ankhu (2)

Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Ankhu (2)

Tomb Owner

Ankhu (Ankhu 2)
Excavator

Hermann Junker, German, 1877–1962
PorterMoss Date

Late Old Kingdom
Site Type

Stone-built mastaba
Shafts

S 4500; S 4538; serdab 1; serdab 2; chapel; S 4450
Remarks

Mastaba built south of Seneb. S 4450 is a later intrusive shaft.

Galán, José M. "Two Old Kingdom officials connected with boats." Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 86 (2000), pp. 145-150.
- Date: 2000
Junker, Hermann. Gîza 5. Die Mastaba des Snb (Seneb) und die umliegenden Gräber. Bericht über die von der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien auf gemeinsame Kosten mit Dr. Wilhelm Pelizaeus unternommenen Grabungen auf dem Friedhof des Alten Reiches bei den Pyramiden von Giza. Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien Philosophisch-historische Klasse Denkschriften 71, Abhandlung 2. Vienna & Leipzig: Hölder-Pichler-Tempsky, 1941.
- Date: 1941
Lehmann, Katja. Der Serdab in den Privatgräbern des Alten Reiches 1. Text. Ph.D. Dissertation, Universität Heidelberg, 2000.
- Date: 2000
Lehmann, Katja. Der Serdab in den Privatgräbern des Alten Reiches 2. Abbildungen. Ph.D. Dissertation, Universität Heidelberg, 2000.
- Date: 2000
Lehmann, Katja. Der Serdab in den Privatgräbern des Alten Reiches 3. Katalog. Ph.D. Dissertation, Universität Heidelberg, 2000.
- Date: 2000
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.
- Date: 1974

Galán, José M. "Two Old Kingdom officials connected with boats." Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 86 (2000), pp. 145-147, fig. 1.

Junker, Hermann. Gîza 5. Die Mastaba des Snb (Seneb) und die umliegenden Gräber. Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien Philosophisch-historische Klasse Denkschriften 71, Abhandlung 2. Vienna & Leipzig: Hölder-Pichler-Tempsky, 1941. pp. 128-133, figs. 33-34, pl. 10, plan after p. 213.

Lehmann, Katja. Der Serdab in den Privatgräbern des Alten Reiches 1-3. Ph.D. Dissertation, Universität Heidelberg, 2000, Kat. G343-G344.

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. 100-101, plan 13.

Ancient People

Ankhu (Ankhu 2)
- Type Tomb Owner
- Remarks Owner of Ankhu (2) (unnumbered mastaba excavated by Junker). Broken drum lintel inscribed for Ankhu, identified as [wr-a-j jmj-r mrw pr-aA] he who is carried in the litter, overseer of weavers of the Great House; found in mastaba of Ankhu [Ankhu (2)].

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.