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Heneni

G I-South Cemetery

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Heneni

Details

  • Tomb Owner
    Heneni (Heneni)
  • Excavator
    Hermann Junker, German, 1877–1962
  • PorterMoss Date
    Dynasty 6
  • Site Type
    Stone-built mastaba
  • Shafts
    S 319; S 320; S 351; chapel
  • Remarks
    Mastaba is east of Sehotpu Tepu and south of S 311 which is south of chapel for G I-S No. 8.

Finds 1

Maps & Plans 1

Published Documents 2

Full Bibliography

  • 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. 66-73, fig. 37-40, pl. 7 [c], plan after p. 298.

    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. 222, plan 19.

People 2

Ancient People

  • Heneni (Heneni)

    • Type Tomb Owner
    • Remarks Owner of Heneni (unnumbered mastaba excavated by Junker). False door (Hildesheim 3179) inscribed for Heneni, identified as [jmj-r sAb sSw smr watj Xrj-Hb] juridicial overseer of scribes, sole companion, lector-priest; found in mastaba of Heneni.

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.