Digital Giza | Ibinedjem

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

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)

Limestone statue of a man
- EMC_JE_35566
Offering basin
- RPM_3043

Plan 3: Western Cemetery of German-Austrian excavation concession (central strip)

Junker, Hermann. Gîza 9. Das Mittelfeld des Westfriedhofs. 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 73, Abhandlung 2. Vienna: Rudolph M. Rohrer, 1950.
- Date: 1950
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
Smith, William Stevenson. A History of Egyptian Sculpture and Painting in the Old Kingdom. 2nd. ed. London: Geoffrey Cumberlege, Oxford University Press on behalf of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1949.
- Date: 1949

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.

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