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Iiu

Western Cemetery

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

Details

  • Tomb Owner
    Iiu (Iiu)
  • Excavator
    Hermann Junker, German, 1877–1962
  • Attested
    Neferhetep (in Iiu)
    Tepemnefret (in Iiu)
  • PorterMoss Date
    Dynasty 6
  • Site Type
    Stone-built mastaba
  • Shafts
    S 4280; S 4281; S 4282; s 4292; S 4293; S 4297; chapel
  • Remarks
    Mastaba is off south end of S 4290 which is south of G 1351, and east of S 4233/4283. Mastaba is drawn but not labeled on plan EG002029.

Finds 1

Maps & Plans 2

Published Documents 2

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. 226-231, figs. 103-104, pls. 2 [d], 10 [d], 20 [a], plan 3 after pl. 20.

    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. 106, plan 13.

Photos 8

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People 4

Ancient People

  • Iiu (Iiu)

    • Type Tomb Owner
    • Remarks Owner of Iiu (unnumbered mastaba excavated by Junker). Fragmentary lintel (KHM Vienna ÄS 8016) inscribed for Iiu and his wife Tepemnefret; Iiu identified as [rx nswt Hrj-tp sSr] royal acquaintance, supervisor of linen; found displaced in front of central false door in mastaba of Iiu.

  • Neferhetep (in Iiu)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Son of Iiu (owner of Iiu, unnumbered mastaba excavated by Junker). Fragmentary lintel (KHM Vienna ÄS 8016) inscribed for Iiu and his wife Tepemnefret, depicted as young boy standing in front of seated figures of his parents; found displaced in front of central false door in mastaba of Iiu.

  • Tepemnefret (in Iiu)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Wife ([Hmt=(f)] his wife) of Iiu (owner of Iiu, unnumbered mastaba excavated by Junker). Fragmentary lintel (KHM Vienna ÄS 8016) inscribed for Iiu and his wife Tepemnefret; found displaced in front of central false door in mastaba of Iiu.

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.