Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Inpuhetep, S 2499/2521, S 2522/2524
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- Tomb Owner
- Inpuhetep (Inpuhetep)
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- Attested
- Hetepheres (in Inpuhetep)
- Ibeb (in Inpuhetep)
- Inpuhetep (in Inpuhetep)
- Irkhetre (in Inpuhetep)
- Itjer (in Inpuhetep)
- Itjer (in Inpuhetep)
- Khenuty (in Inpuhetep)
- Maasekheminpu (in Inpuhetep)
- Maasekheminpu (in Inpuhetep)
- Meretites (in Inpuhetep)
- Nikaure (in Inpuhetep)
- Sabt (in Inpuhetep)
- Sehi (in Inpuhetep)
- Senedjem (in Inpuhetep)
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- Excavator
- Hermann Junker, German, 1877–1962
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- PorterMoss Date
- Dynasty 6
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- Site Type
- Stone-built mastaba
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- Shafts
- S 2525; S 2526; S 2527; S 2528; chapel
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- Remarks
- Mastaba is southeast of G 1351, against northeast corner of Meni [II] aka S 2530/2531 and north of S 2533.
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Limestone canopic jar with lid
- KHM_ÄS_9106
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Limestone canopic jar with lid
- KHM_ÄS_9107
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Offering stone with two small basins
- RPM_3042
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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. 154-169, figs. 70-76, pls. 9 [b], 13 [b], 14 [c], 15, 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, pp. 106-107, plan 13.
Ancient People
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- Type Attested
- Remarks Daughter ([sAt=f] his daughter) of Itjer, father of Inpuhetep (owner of Inpuhetep, unnumbered mastaba excavated by Junker). Appears twice on chapel entrance east door jamb (facade face, bottom register, third figure from right; reveal, standing behind her parents); in situ in mastaba of Inpuhetep.
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- Type Attested
- Remarks Son ([sA=f] his son) of Itjer, father of Inpuhetep (owner of Inpuhetep, unnumbered mastaba excavated by Junker). Appears twice on chapel entrance east door jamb (facade face, middle register, middle figure, carrying goose; reveal, middle register, second figure from left, carrying crane) identified as [wt] embalmer (on reveal); in situ in mastaba of Inpuhetep.
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- Type Tomb Owner
- Remarks Owner of Inpuhetep (unnumbered mastaba excavated by Junker). Architectural elements (chapel entrance lintel and drum lintel) inscribed for Inpuhetep; also appears on chapel entrance east and west door jambs (on east jamb reveal, as eldest son of Itjer); in situ in mastaba of Inpuhetep. Offering stone with two rectangular basins and raised relief Htp-sign (Hildesheim 3042) inscribed for Inpuhetep; found in situ in front of south false door in mastaba of Inpuhetep chapel. Identifed (variously) as [rx nswt jnpw sH-nTr Hm-nTr wt] royal acquaintance, priest of the divine booth of Anubis, embalmer.
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- Type Attested
- Remarks Son ([sA=f] his son) of Inpuhetep (owner of Inpuhetep, unnumbered mastaba excavated by Junker). Appears twice on chapel entrance west door jamb (facade face, middle register, middle figure; reveal, middle register, second figure from right, carrying crane), identified as [wt] embalmer (on reveal); in situ in mastaba of Inpuhetep.
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- Type Attested
- Remarks Daughter ([sAt=f] his daughter) of Itjer, father of Inpuhetep (owner of Inpuhetep, unnumbered mastaba excavated by Junker). Appears on chapel entrance east door jamb (facade face, bottom register, first figure on right); in situ in mastaba of Inpuhetep.
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- Type Attested
- Remarks Son ([sA=f] his son) of Itjer, father of Inpuhetep (owner of Inpuhetep, unnumbered mastaba excavated by Junker). Appears twice on chapel entrance east door jamb (facade face, midde register, first figure on right, carrying two birds; reveal, middle register, first figure on left, carrying basin and ewer), identified as [wt] embalmer (on reveal); in situ in mastaba of Inpuhetep.
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- Type Attested
- Remarks Father of Inpuhetep (owner of Inpuhetep, unnumbered mastaba excavated by Junker). Appears twice on chapel entrance east door jamb (facade and reveal faces) identified as [Hm-nTr njwsrra rx nswt jnpw sH-nTr Hm-nTr] priest of Niuserre, royal acquaintance, priest of the divine booth of Anubis; in situ in mastaba of Inpuhetep.
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- Type Attested
- Remarks Daughter ([sAt=f] his daughter) of Itjer, father of Inpuhetep (owner of Inpuhetep, unnumbered mastaba excavated by Junker). Appears on chapel entrance east door jamb (facade face, bottom register, last figure on left); in situ in mastaba of Inpuhetep.
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- Type Attested
- Remarks Son ([sA=f] his son) of Itjer, father of Inpuhetep (owner of Inpuhetep, unnumbered mastaba excavated by Junker). Appears twice (possibly three times) on chapel entrance east door jamb (facade face, middle register, last figure on left, carrying two birds; reveal, middle register, third figure from left, carrying two birds, and possibly also depicted as young boy holding staff of his father Itjer, identified there as [sA=f inpu] his son Inpu), identified as [wt] embalmer (on reveal); in situ in mastaba of Inpuhetep.
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- Type Attested
- Remarks Son ([sA=f] his son) of Inpuhetep (owner of Inpuhetep, unnumbered mastaba excavated by Junker). Appears twice on chapel entrance west door jamb (facade face, middle register, last figure on right, carrying two birds; reveal, middle register, third figure from right, carrying two birds), identified as [wt] embalmer (on reveal); in situ in mastaba of Inpuhetep.
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- Type Attested
- Remarks Daughter ([sAt=f] his daughter) of Itjer, father of Inpuhetep (owner of Inpuhetep, unnumbered mastaba excavated by Junker). Appears twice on chapel entrance east door jamb (facade face, bottom register, second figure from right; reveal, standing before her parents); in situ in mastaba of Inpuhetep.
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- Type Attested
- Remarks Son ([sA=f] his son) of Inpuhetep (owner of Inpuhetep, unnumbered mastaba excavated by Junker). Appears twice on chapel entrance door jamb (facade face, middle register, first figure on left, carrying two birds; reveal, middle register, first figure on right, carrying basin and ewer), idenified as [wt] embalmer (on reveal); in situ in mastaba of Inpuhetep.
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- Type Attested
- Remarks Wife ([Hmt=f] his wife) of Itjer and mother of Inpuhetep (owner of Inpuhetep, unnumbered mastaba excavated by Junker). Appears on chapel entrance east door jamb (both facade and reveal faces), identified as [rxt nswt] royal acquaintance; in situ in mastaba of Inpuhetep.
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- Type Attested
- Remarks Son ([sA=f smsw] his eldest son) of Inpuhetep (owner of Inpuhetep, unnumbered mastaba excavated by Junker). Named on chapel entrance drum lintel, identified as [wt jnpw sH-nTr Hm-nTr] embalmer, priest of the divine booth of Anubis; in situ in mastaba of Inpuhetep.
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- Type Attested
- Remarks Wife ([Hmt=f] his wife) of Inpuhetep (owner of Inpuhetep, unnumbered mastaba excavated by Junker). Appears on chapel entrance west door jamb (both facade and reveal faces), identified as [rxt nswt] royal acquaintance; in situ in mastaba of Inpuhetep.
Modern People
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- 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.
ID: HUMFA_EG019918
Subjects: Maps and plans: Plan 1: Steindorff Cemetery
Description: Partial plan of the German-Austrian concession: Steindorff Cemetery (far Western Cemetery, central strip), published in H. Junker, Giza 5 and Giza 9
ID: HUMFA_EG019919
Subjects: Maps and plans: Plan 2: Steindorff Cemetery
Description: Partial plan of the German-Austrian concession: Steindorff Cemetery (far Western Cemetery, central strip), published in H. Junker, Giza 9
ID: KHM_AEOS_9106_04
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Inpuhetep
Description: Limestone canopic jar from mastaba of Inpuhetep, shaft S 2526: Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna ÄS 9106
ID: KHM_AEOS_9106_05
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Inpuhetep
Description: Limestone canopic jar from mastaba of Inpuhetep, shaft S 2526: Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna ÄS 9106
ID: KHM_AEOS_9106_06
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Inpuhetep
Description: Limestone canopic jar from mastaba of Inpuhetep, shaft S 2526: Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna ÄS 9106
ID: KHM_AEOS_9106_07
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Inpuhetep
Description: Limestone canopic jar from mastaba of Inpuhetep, shaft S 2526: Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna ÄS 9106
ID: KHM_AEOS_9106_08
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Inpuhetep
Description: Limestone canopic jar from mastaba of Inpuhetep, shaft S 2526: Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna ÄS 9106
ID: KHM_AEOS_9106_09
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Inpuhetep
Description: Limestone canopic jar from mastaba of Inpuhetep, shaft S 2526: Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna ÄS 9106
ID: KHM_AEOS_9107_04
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Inpuhetep
Description: Limestone canopic jar from mastaba of Inpuhetep, shaft S 2526: Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna ÄS 9107
ID: KHM_AEOS_9107_05
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Inpuhetep
Description: Limestone canopic jar from mastaba of Inpuhetep, shaft S 2526: Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna ÄS 9107
ID: KHM_AEOS_9107_06
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Inpuhetep
Description: Limestone canopic jar from mastaba of Inpuhetep, shaft S 2526: Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna ÄS 9107
ID: KHM_AEOS_9107_07
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Inpuhetep
Description: Limestone canopic jar from mastaba of Inpuhetep, shaft S 2526: Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna ÄS 9107
ID: KHM_AEOS_9107_08
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Inpuhetep
Description: Limestone canopic jar from mastaba of Inpuhetep, shaft S 2526: Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna ÄS 9107
ID: KHM_AEOS_9107_09
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Inpuhetep
Description: Limestone canopic jar from mastaba of Inpuhetep, shaft S 2526: Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna ÄS 9107
ID: KHM_AEOS_9107_10
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Inpuhetep
Description: Limestone canopic jar from mastaba of Inpuhetep, shaft S 2526: Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna ÄS 9107
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Inpuhetep
Description: Limestone canopic jars from mastaba of Inpuhetep, shaft S 2526: Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna ÄS 9107, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna ÄS 9106
ID: KHM_AEOS_II_2786
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Inpuhetep
Description: Offering stone with two rectangular basins and raised relief Htp-sign inscribed for Inpuhetep from mastaba of Inpuhetep: Pelizaeus-Museum, Hildesheim RPM_3042
ID: KHM_AEOS_II_2807
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Inpuhetep, S 2499/2521, S 2522/2524
Description: Junker Cemetery (west): mastaba of Inpuhetep, chapel entrance with lintel inscribed for Inpuhetep and relief carved facade faces of door jambs, large scale inscription along top of mastaba W of entrance (middle ground), men at work on top of mastaba, mastaba S 2522/2524 (foreground right) and mastaba S 2499/2521 (foreground left), looking S
ID: KHM_AEOS_II_2814
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Inpuhetep, S 2499/2521, S 2522/2524
Description: Junker Cemetery (west): mastaba of Inpuhetep, chapel entrance with lintel inscribed for Inpuhetep and relief carved facade faces of door jambs, large scale inscription along top of mastaba W of entrance (middle ground), mastaba S 2522/2524 (to W of entrance, right) and mastaba S 2499/2521 (to E of entrance, left), looking SSW
ID: KHM_AEOS_II_2815
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Inpuhetep
Description: Junker Cemetery (west): mastaba of Inpuhetep, chapel, offering stone inscribed for Inpuhetep (Hildesheim RPM_3042) in situ in front of S false door, looking S
ID: KHM_AEOS_II_2816
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Inpuhetep
Description: Junker Cemetery (west): mastaba of Inpuhetep, chapel entrance, W door jamb (facade face), relief (standing figures of Inpuhetep and Senedjem, and register of their sons, Nikaure, Inpuhetep, and maasekheminpu), and drum lintel inscribed for Inpuhetep, looking S
ID: KHM_AEOS_II_2817
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Inpuhetep
Description: Junker Cemetery (west): mastaba of Inpuhetep, chapel entrance, E door jamb (facade face), relief (standing figures of Itjer and Sabt, registers of their sons Itjer, Ibeb, Maasekheminpu, and daughters Irkhetre, Meretites, Hetepheres, Khenuty), and drum lintel inscribed for Inpuhetep, looking S
ID: KHM_AEOS_II_2818
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Inpuhetep
Description: Junker Cemetery (west): mastaba of Inpuhetep, chapel entrance, E door jamb (reveal face), relief (standing figures of Itjer and Sabt accompanied by their children Inpuhetep, Meretites, Hetepheres, and register of their sons Itjer, Ibeb, Maasekheminpu), looking SE
ID: KHM_AEOS_II_2819
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Inpuhetep
Description: Junker Cemetery (west): mastaba of Inpuhetep, chapel entrance, W door jamb (reveal face), relief (standing figures of Inpuhetep and Senedjem, and register of their sons Nikaure, Inpuhetep, Maasekheminpu), looking SW
ID: KHM_AEOS_II_2829
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: S 2497/2516, S 2501/2502, S 2520, S 2517/2518, Inpuhetep
Description: Junker Cemetery (west): mastaba S 2497/2516, chapel entrance (middle ground center and center left), mastaba S 2501/2502 (middle ground left) with mastaba S 2520 (abutting N face), mastaba S 2517/2518 (foreground right), looking SW (mastaba of Inpuhetep, background left)
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