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Sehetepu Tepu

G I-South Cemetery

G I-South Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Sehetepu Tepu

Details

  • Tomb Owner
    Sehetepu Tepu (Sehetepu Tepu)
  • Attested
    Hebhersenefer (in Sehetepu Tepu)
    Khenu (in Sehetepu Tepu)
    Senedjemib Imesh (in Sehetepu Tepu)
  • Excavator
    Hermann Junker, German, 1877–1962
  • PorterMoss Date
    End of Dyn 5 or early Dyn 6
  • Harpur Date
    Unis - Teti
  • Site Type
    Stone-built mastaba
  • Shafts
    S 310; S 317; S 346; serdab; chapel
  • Remarks
    Mastaba south of chapel for G I-S No. 8.

Maps & Plans 1

Published Documents 5

Full Bibliography

  • Junker, Hermann. Gîza 11. Der Friedhof südlich der Cheopspyramide: Ostteil. Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien Philosophisch-historische Klasse Denkschriften 74, Abhandlung 2. Vienna: Rudolph M. Rohrer, 1953, pp. 48-66, figs. 31-36, pls. 6 [a-c], 7 [a], plan after p. 298.

    Lehmann, Katja. Der Serdab in den Privatgräbern des Alten Reiches 1-3. Ph.D. Dissertation, Universität Heidelberg, 2000, Kat. G386.

    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. 222, plans 19, 31.

People 5

Ancient People

  • Hebhersenefer (in Sehetepu Tepu)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Appears in chapel relief in mastaba of Sehetepu Tepu (owner of Sehetepu Tepu, unnumbered mastaba excavated by Junker), north wall (middle register, first figure on left in row of offering bearers); in situ in mastaba of Sehetepu Tepu.

  • Khenu (in Sehetepu Tepu)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Son ([sA=f] his son) of Sehetepu Tepu (owner of Sehetepu Tepu, unnumbered mastaba excavated by Junker). Appears in chapel relief, south wall (bottom register); in situ in mastaba of Sehetepu Tepu.

  • Sehetepu Tepu (Sehetepu Tepu)

    • Type Tomb Owner
    • Remarks Owner of Sehetepu Tepu (unnumbered mastaba excavated by Junker). Sehetepu, [rn=f nfr] his good name Tepu. Chapel entrance door jambs and false door inscribed for Sehetepu Tepu, identified as [sAb jmj-r sSw] juridicial overseer of scribes; also appears in chapel relief; in situ in mastaba of Sehetepu Tepu (west of Seshemnefer [IV] complex). Also appears several times in chapel relief in mastaba of Seshemnefer [IV] (owner of Lepsius 53), interior chapel (entrance south door jamb [reveal], north and west walls of room b, north wall of room c), identified as [sAb sS sHD Hmw-kA] juridicial scribe, inspector of ka-priests; in situ in Lepsius 53.

  • Senedjemib Imesh (in Sehetepu Tepu)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Son ([sA=f smsw] his eldest son) of Sehetepu Tepu (owner of Sehetepu Tepu, unnumbered mastaba excavated by Junker). Senedjemib, [rn=f nfr] his good name Imesh. Appears on false door inscribed for Sehetepu Tepu, lower north outer jamb (standing behind his father); in situ in mastaba of Sehetepu Tepu.

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.