G I-South Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Seshemnefer Tjeti
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- Tomb Owner
- Seshemnefer Tjeti (Seshemnefer Tjeti)
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- Excavator
- Hermann Junker, German, 1877–1962
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- Other No
- Seshemnufer-Theti
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- PorterMoss Date
- Dynasty 6
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- Site Type
- Stone-built mastaba
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- Shafts
- S 331; serdab; chapel
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- Remarks
- Mastaba is east of Lepsius 53. Though given a separate mastaba number, it appears to be the eastern half of a larger family complex including Lepsius 53 and Seshemnefer-tjeti.
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- BÄM_23646
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- BÄM_23647
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- BÄM_23648
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- BÄM_23649
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- BÄM_23650a
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- BÄM_23650b
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- BÄM_23650c
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- BÄM_23650d
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- BÄM_23650e
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- BÄM_23650f
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- BÄM_23651
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Model / offering / cosmetic jar
- BÄM_23631
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Model / offering / cosmetic jar
- BÄM_23632
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Model / offering / cosmetic jar
- BÄM_23633
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Model / offering / cosmetic jar
- BÄM_23634
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Model / offering / cosmetic jar
- BÄM_23635
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Model / offering / cosmetic jar
- BÄM_23636
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Model / offering / cosmetic jar
- BÄM_23637
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Model / offering / cosmetic jars
- BÄM_23638
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Model / offering / cosmetic jars
- BÄM_23639
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Model / offering / cosmetic jars
- BÄM_23640
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- BÄM_23641
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- BÄM_23642
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- BÄM_23630
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Junker, Hermann. Gîza 3. Die Mastabas der vorgeschrittenen V. Dynastie auf dem Westfriedhof. Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien Philosophisch-historische Klasse Denkschriften. Vienna & Leipzig: Hölder-Pichler-Tempsky, 1938, p. 35 [8].
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. 92-94, 96-97, 119-122, 131-136, 241-258, figs. 49, 50, 56, 96-103, pls. 14 [d,e], 15 [c], plan after p. 298.
Lehmann, Katja. Der Serdab in den Privatgräbern des Alten Reiches 1-3. Ph.D. Dissertation, Universität Heidelberg, 2000, Kat. G390.
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. 227, plan 19, 32.
Ancient People
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Seshemnefer Tjeti (Seshemnefer Tjeti)
- Type Tomb Owner
- Remarks Owner of Seshemnefer Tjeti (unnumbered mastaba excavated by Junker, part of Seshemnefer [IV] complex). Seshemnefer Tjeti, called Tjeti. Remains of false door inscribed for Seshemnefer Tjeti, identified as [smr watj xrp nstj] sole companion, director of the two thrones; also appears in chapel relief (displaced blocks), with previous titles and additional title [HqA bAt] chief of Bat; found in mastaba of Seshemnefer Tjeti (blocks of relief perhaps originally from chapel entrance, to room a). Probable son of Seshemnefer [IV] (owner of Lepsius 53). Appears in chapel relief, interior chapel entrance (facade and reveal faces of north and south door jambs); in situ in Lepsius 53.
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_A6977_NS
Subjects: G I-South Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Mastaba, VI, Mastaba VII, Mastaba VIII, Mastaba IX, Mastaba X, Nisusankh, Nisuhenu, Sehetepu Tepu, Heneni, Khenut, Lepsius 53, Lepsius 54, Lepsius 55, Seshemnefer-tjeti, Ptahhetep
Description: G I-South Cemetery (mastabas S of Khufu pyramid), E end, including Mastaba, VI, Mastaba VII, Mastaba VIII, Mastaba IX, Mastaba X, and mastabas of Nisusankh, Nisuhenu, Sehetepu Tepu, Heneni, Khenut, and Seshemnefer [IV] complex, looking SSE to Sphinx and beyond from top of Khufu pyramid
ID: HUMFA_EG019923
Subjects: Maps and plans: Plan 6: Cemetery G I-South of German-Austrian Excavation Concession (East Half)
Description: Partial plan of the German-Austrian concession: G I-South Cemetery, south of the Khufu pyramid, eastern half, published in H. Junker, Giza 10
ID: MFAB_AAW1197
Subjects: G I-South Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Lepsius 53, Lepsius 54, mastaba of Seshemnefer Tjeti
Description: G I-South Cemetery: Seshemnefer [IV] complex (including Lepsius 53, Lepsius 54, mastaba of Seshemnefer Tjeti), looking S
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Seshemnefer Tjeti
Description: Block of relief (offering bearers) from (Seshemnefer [IV] complex) mastaba of Seshemnefer Tjeti, chapel (room c), N wall
ID: KHM_AEOS_II_5100
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Seshemnefer Tjeti
Description: Blocks of relief from (Seshemnefer [IV] complex) mastaba of Seshemnefer Tjeti, chapel (room c), N wall
ID: KHM_AEOS_II_5101
Subjects: G I-South Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Seshemnefer Tjeti
Description: G I-South Cemetery (Seshemnefer [IV] complex): mastaba of Seshemnefer Tjeti, chapel (room e), W wall, relief, looking W
ID: KHM_AEOS_II_5102
Subjects: G I-South Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Seshemnefer Tjeti
Description: G I-South Cemetery (Seshemnefer [IV] complex): mastaba of Seshemnefer Tjeti, chapel (room e), W wall, relief, looking W
ID: KHM_AEOS_II_5104
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Seshemnefer Tjeti
Description: Block of relief (kheker frieze) from (Seshemnefer [IV] complex) mastaba of Seshemnefer Tjeti, chapel (room c), N wall (upper part)
ID: KHM_AEOS_II_5113
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Seshemnefer Tjeti
Description: Block of relief (kheker frieze) from (Seshemnefer [IV] complex) mastaba of Seshemnefer Tjeti, chapel (room c), N wall (upper part)
ID: KHM_AEOS_II_5114
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Seshemnefer Tjeti
Description: Block of relief (kheker frieze) from (Seshemnefer [IV] complex) mastaba of Seshemnefer Tjetii, chapel (room c), S wall (upper part)
ID: KHM_AEOS_II_5117
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Seshemnefer Tjeti
Description: Block of relief (kheker frieze) from (Seshemnefer [IV] complex) mastaba of Seshemnefer Tjeti, chapel (room c), S wall (upper part)
ID: KHM_AEOS_II_5119
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Seshemnefer Tjeti
Description: Block of relief (upper portion of standing figure of Seshemnefer Tjeti) from (Seshemnefer [IV] complex) mastaba of Seshemnefer Tjeti, chapel (corridor to room a ?)
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Seshemnefer Tjeti
Description: Block of relief (offering bearers) from (Seshemnefer [IV] complex) mastaba of Seshemnefer Tjeti, chapel (room c), N wall
ID: KHM_AEOS_II_5130
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Seshemnefer Tjeti
Description: Block of relief (lower back of seated figure with top of chair back) from (Seshemnefer [IV] complex) mastaba of Seshemnefer Tjeti, chapel (room c), N wall (W end)
ID: KHM_AEOS_II_5142
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Seshemnefer Tjeti
Description: Block of inscription from (Seshemnefer [IV] complex) mastaba of Seshemnefer Tjeti
ID: KHM_AEOS_II_5158
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Seshemnefer Tjeti
Description: Block of relief (kheker frieze) from (Seshemnefer [IV] complex) mastaba of Seshemnefer Tjeti, chapel (room c), N wall (upper part)
ID: KHM_AEOS_II_5199
Subjects: G I-South Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Seshemnefer Tjeti
Description: G I-South Cemetery (Seshemnefer [IV] complex): mastaba of Seshemnefer Tjeti, burial chamber, sarcophagus, looking SSW
ID: KHM_AEOS_II_5208
Subjects: G I-South Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Seshemnefer Tjeti
Description: G I-South Cemetery (Seshemnefer [IV] complex): mastaba of Seshemnefer Tjeti, mouth of sloping passage (at S end of mastaba), looking WNW
Subjects: G I-South Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Seshemnefer Tjeti
Description: G I-South Cemetery (Seshemnefer [IV] complex): mastaba of Seshemnefer Tjeti, mouth of sloping passage (at S end of mastaba), looking S
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