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Senenu (1)

Western Cemetery

Abu Bakr Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Senenu (1)

Mud-brick mastaba with five shafts located north of the mastaba complex of Itji & Neferseshemes and south of ABC 245 in the central sector of the Abu Bakr Cemetery.

Details

  • Tomb Owner
    Senenu (Senenu 1)
  • Attested
    Ankherefnedjes (in Senenu 1)
    Hepetka (in Senenu 1)
    Irukakhufu (in Senenu 1)
    Izi (in Senenu 1)
    Khufuseneb (in Senenu 1)
    Meret (in Senenu 1)
    Senenu-nedjes (in Senenu 1)
  • Excavator
    Abdel Moneim Youssef Abu Bakr, 1907–1976
    Edward Brovarski
  • PorterMoss Date
    Dynasty 5
  • Brovarski Date
    Dynasty 4-6
  • Site Type
    Mud-brick mastaba
  • Shafts
    chapel; 5 shafts
  • Remarks
    Abu-Bakr Excavation (1952). Reopened by Cairo Univ - Brown Univ Expedition in 2000. The southern end of the eastern wall of Senenu’s mastaba is built against the plastered west wall of ABC 852, indicating that the mastaba of Senenu postdates ABC 852.

Finds 2

Published Documents 1

Full Bibliography

  • Brovarski 2018

    Fischer, Henry G. "The ideographic use of [GLYPH] in a group of Old-Kingdom names." Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 60 (1974), pp. 247 [or possibly referring to Senenu (2)].

    Handoussa & Brovarski, Preliminary Report on the 2000 Field Season of the Cairo University - Brown University Expedition, pp. 4-5.

    Kaplony, Inschriften. Suppl. Pls. 24-26 [1057], pp. 30-31.

    Leclant, in Orientalia, N.S. 22 (1953), pl. 17 [30-31], p. 94 [2, b].

    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 10

Ancient People

  • Ankherefnedjes (in Senenu 1)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Wife ([Hmt=f]) of Senenu, owner of mastaba located in the central sector of the Abu Bakr Cemetery. Northern and southern false doors inscibred for Senenu and Ankherfenedjes, identified as [rxt nswt] royal acquaintance; in situ in mastaba of Senenu.

  • Hepetka (in Senenu 1)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Probable wife of one of the sons of Senenu, owner of mastaba located in the central sector of the Abu Bakr Cemetery. Appears in lower register of right-hand jamb of northern false door (formerly Musée Royaux d’Art et d’Histoire, Brussels, E.8520; now in Egyptian Museum, Cairo), identified as [rxt nswt] royal acquaintance.

  • Irukakhufu (in Senenu 1)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Son of Senenu, owner of mastaba located in the central sector of the Abu Bakr Cemetery. Appears in lower register of left-hand jamb of northern false door (formerly Institut d’Archéologie et d’Histoire de l’Art of the Catholic University of Louvain LLN/EG.162; now in Egyptian Museum, Cairo), identified as [wab nswt] royal wab-priest. Possibly the same Irukakhufu who usurped the north chapel of Lepsius 20-21 (mastaba of Persen).

  • Izi (in Senenu 1)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Mother ([mwt=s]) of Ankherfenedjes, wife of Senenu, owner of mastaba located in the central sector of the Abu Bakr Cemetery. Appears in upper register of right-hand jamb of northern false door (formerly Musée Royaux d’Art et d’Histoire, Brussels, E.8520; now in Egyptian Museum, Cairo), identified as [rxt nswt] royal acquaintance.

  • Khufuseneb (in Senenu 1)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Son of Senenu, owner of mastaba located in the central sector of the Abu Bakr Cemetery. Appears in lower register of left-hand jamb of northern false door (formerly Institut d’Archéologie et d’Histoire de l’Art of the Catholic University of Louvain LLN/EG.162; now in Egyptian Museum, Cairo), identified as [wab nswt] royal wab-priest.

  • Meret (in Senenu 1)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Wife of one of the sons ([Hmt sA=f]) of Senenu, owner of mastaba located in the central sector of the Abu Bakr Cemetery. Appears in lower register of right-hand jamb of northern false door (formerly Musée Royaux d’Art et d’Histoire, Brussels, E.8520; now in Egyptian Museum, Cairo), identified as [rxt nswt] royal acquaintance.

  • Senenu (Senenu 1)

    • Type Tomb Owner
    • Remarks Owner (with wife Ankherfenedjes) of mastaba located in the central sector of the Abu Bakr Cemetery. Northern and southern false doors inscibred for Ankherfenedjes and Senenu, identified as [rx nswt wab nswt rxtj nTr] royal acquaintance, royal wab-priest, washerman of the god; in situ in mastaba of Senenu.

  • Senenu-nedjes (in Senenu 1)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Probable son of Meret and grandson ([sA sA=f]) of Senenu, owner of mastaba located in the central sector of the Abu Bakr Cemetery. Appears behind his mother in lower register of right-hand jamb of northern false door (formerly Musée Royaux d’Art et d’Histoire, Brussels, E.8520; now in Egyptian Museum, Cairo).

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.