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Stone-built mastaba with two decorated false doors, located north of ABC 86 in the central sector of the Abu Bakr Cemetery.

Details

  • Tomb Owner
    Katep (Katep)
  • Attested
    Inekpu (in Katep)
    Inet (in Katep)
    Inkhi (in Katep)
    Katep (in Katep)
    Katep-nedjes (in Katep)
    Khentetka (in Katep)
    Mina (in Katep)
    Nefer (in Katep)
    Neferihi (in Katep)
    Nefretka (in Katep)
    Sen (in Katep)
    Seneb (in Katep)
    Senetit (in Katep)
    Senetites (in Katep)
    Sobekhetep (in Katep)
    Tepemnefret (in Katep)
    Tepi-nedjset (in Katep)
    Tua (in Katep)
  • Excavator
    Abdel Moneim Youssef Abu Bakr, 1907–1976
    Edward Brovarski
  • PorterMoss Date
    Dynasty 5
  • Site Type
    Stone-built mastaba
  • Shafts
    3 shafts; chapel
  • Remarks
    Abu-Bakr Excavation (1952).

Published Documents 1

Full Bibliography

  • Brovarski 2018

    Handoussa & Brovarski, Preliminary Report on the 2000 Field Season of the Cairo University - Brown University Expedition, p. 6.

    Leclant, in Orientalia, N.S. 22 (1953), p. 94, pl. 17.

    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. 52, plan 7.

People 21

Ancient People

  • Inekpu (in Katep)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Appears carrying foreleg of beef in third register of left side panel of northern false door of Katep and Tepemnefret, identified as [Hm-kA] ka-priest; in situ in mastaba of Katep (unnumbered mastaba in the central sector of the Abu Bakr Cemetery).
  • Inet (in Katep)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Appears (partially damaged) carrying a jar in bottom register of right flange of northern false door panel of Katep and Tepemnefret; in situ in mastaba of Katep (unnumbered mastaba in the central sector of the Abu Bakr Cemetery).
  • Inkhi (in Katep)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Son (?) of Katep, owner of unnumbered mastaba in the central sector of the Abu Bakr Cemetery. Appears naked in fourth register of right side panel of northern false door of Katep and Tepemnefret; in situ in mastaba of Katep.
  • Katep (Katep)

    • Type Tomb Owner
    • Remarks Owner of unnumbered mastaba in the central sector of the Abu Bakr Cemetery. Entrance lintel and drum inscribed for Katep, identified as [wab nswt rx nswt] royal wab-priest, royal acquaintance; in situ in mastaba of Katep. Also appears on northern and southern false doors, inscribed for Katep and his wife Tepemnefret; in situ in mastaba of Katep.
  • Katep (in Katep)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Appears carrying a duck in top register of left flange of northern false door panel of Katep and Tepemnefret; in situ in mastaba of Katep (unnumbered mastaba in the central sector of the Abu Bakr Cemetery).
  • Katep-nedjes (in Katep)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Son (?) of Katep, owner of unnumbered mastaba in the central sector of the Abu Bakr Cemetery. Appears holding staff in top register of right side panel of northern false door of Katep and Tepemnefret; in situ in mastaba of Katep.
  • Khentetka (in Katep)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Daughter (?) of Katep, owner of unnumbered mastaba in the central sector of the Abu Bakr Cemetery. Appears naked in fourth register of right side panel of northern false door of Katep and Tepemnefret; in situ in mastaba of Katep.
  • Mina (in Katep)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Appears carrying ewer and basin in fourth register of left side panel of northern false door of Katep and Tepemnefret; in situ in mastaba of Katep (unnumbered mastaba in the central sector of the Abu Bakr Cemetery).
  • Nefer (in Katep)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Appears carrying basket on his head in top register of left side panel of northern false door of Katep and Tepemnefret; in situ in mastaba of Katep (unnumbered mastaba in the central sector of the Abu Bakr Cemetery).
  • Neferihi (in Katep)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Daughter (?) of Katep, owner of unnumbered mastaba in the central sector of the Abu Bakr Cemetery. Appears in bottom register of right side panel of northern false door of Katep and Tepemnefret; in situ in mastaba of Katep.
  • Nefretka (in Katep)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Daughter (?) of Katep, owner of unnumbered mastaba in the central sector of the Abu Bakr Cemetery. Appears in third register of right side panel of northern false door of Katep and Tepemnefret, identified as [rxt nswt] royal acquaintance; in situ in mastaba of Katep.
  • Sen (in Katep)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Appears carrying ewer and basin in second register of left flange of northern false door panel of Katep and Tepemnefret, identified as [Hm-kA] ka-priest; in situ in mastaba of Katep (unnumbered mastaba in the central sector of the Abu Bakr Cemetery).
  • Seneb (in Katep)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Appears carrying basket on his head in second register of left side panel of northern false door of Katep and Tepemnefret; in situ in mastaba of Katep (unnumbered mastaba in the central sector of the Abu Bakr Cemetery).
  • Senetit (in Katep)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Appears carrying basket on her head in bottom register of right flange of northern false door panel of Katep and Tepemnefret; in situ in mastaba of Katep (unnumbered mastaba in the central sector of the Abu Bakr Cemetery).
  • Senetites (in Katep)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Daughter (?) of Katep, owner of unnumbered mastaba in the central sector of the Abu Bakr Cemetery. Appears in second register of right side panel of northern false door of Katep and Tepemnefret, identified as [rxt nswt] royal acquaintance; in situ in mastaba of Katep.
  • Sobekhetep (in Katep)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Appears carrying table of offerings in bottom register of left flange of northern false door panel of Katep and Tepemnefret; in situ in mastaba of Katep (unnumbered mastaba in the central sector of the Abu Bakr Cemetery).
  • Tepemnefret (in Katep)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Wife ([Hmt=f] his wife) of Katep, owner of unnumbered mastaba in the central sector of the Abu Bakr Cemetery. Appears on northern and southern false doors, inscribed for Katep and Tepemnefret, identified as [rxt nswt] royal acquaintance; in situ in mastaba of Katep.
  • Tepi-nedjset (in Katep)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Daughter (?) of Katep, owner of unnumbered mastaba in the central sector of the Abu Bakr Cemetery. Appears in bottom register of right side panel of northern false door of Katep and Tepemnefret; in situ in mastaba of Katep.
  • Tua (in Katep)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Appears carrying bird in bottom register of left side panel of northern false door of Katep and Tepemnefret, identified as [Hm-kA] ka-priest; in situ in mastaba of Katep (unnumbered mastaba in the central sector of the Abu Bakr Cemetery).

Modern People

  • Abdel Moneim Youssef Abu Bakr

    • Type Excavator
    • Nationality & Dates 1907–1976
    • Remarks Egyptian Egyptologist.
  • Edward Brovarski

    • Type Excavator
    • Nationality & Dates
    • Remarks Egyptologist and co-director of the Cairo University-Brown University Excavations (CBE) in the Abu Bakr Cemetery.