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Ibinedjem

Western Cemetery

Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: S 2283/2299, S 2279/2282, Khenu, Ibinedjem

Details

  • Tomb Owner
    Ibinedjem (Ibinedjem)
  • Excavator
    Hermann Junker, German, 1877–1962
    Montague Ballard, British
  • PorterMoss Date
    Dynasty 6
  • Site Type
    Stone-built mastaba
  • Shafts
    S 2286; S 2287; S 2289; S 2290; S 2293
  • Remarks
    Mastaba is against north wall of Khenu (3)

Finds 2

Maps & Plans 1

Published Documents 3

Full Bibliography

  • Junker, Hermann. Gîza 9. Das Mittelfeld des Westfriedhofs. Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien Philosophisch-historische Klasse Denkschriften 73, Abhandlung 2. Vienna: Rudolph M. Rohrer, 1950, pp. 55, 59, figs. 20, 22, plan 1 after pl. 20.

    Junker in Anzeiger, Wien, 63 (1926), p. 100 [top].

    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. 120, plan 11.

    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. 68.

People 3

Ancient People

  • Ibinedjem (Ibinedjem)

    • Type Tomb Owner
    • Remarks Owner of Ibinedjem (unnumbered mastaba excavated by Junker). Offering basin (Hildesheim 3043) inscribed for Ibinedjem, identified as [xntj-S] palace attendant; found in situ in mastaba of Ibinedjem. Uninscribed seated statue (Cairo JE 35566) attributed to Ibinedjem; probably from mastaba of Ibinedjem (excavated by Ballard).

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.

  • Montague Ballard

    • Type Excavator
    • Nationality & Dates British
    • Remarks Member of British Parliament; conducted excavations at Giza (1901-1902) with Maspero's reluctant permission