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Seneb (I)

Western Cemetery

Abu Bakr Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Seneb (I)

Stone-built mastaba located south of ABC 884 on the western edge of the Abu Bakr Cemetery.

Details

  • Tomb Owner
    Seneb (Seneb I)
  • Excavator
    Abdel Moneim Youssef Abu Bakr, 1907–1976
    Edward Brovarski
  • Attested
    Aasekhmet (in Seneb I)
    Amenkaukhufu (in Seneb I)
    Khusi (in Seneb I)
    Neferhanisut (in Seneb I)
    Redi (in Seneb I)
    Senmerer (in Seneb I)
  • Other No
    Tepaseneb
  • CBE (Brovarski) No.
    ABC 350
  • PorterMoss Date
    Dynasty 5-6
  • Site Type
    Stone-built mastaba
  • Shafts
    5 shafts
  • Remarks
    Abu-Bakr Excavation (1953). There are four niches in the eastern façade of the mastaba: two complex niches on the south (ABC 351 and ABC 352), then a deep, inscribed white limestone niche including Seneb's false door (ABC 353), and finally a simple niche (ABC 354) in the north end of the façade. Presumably, the northern pair of niches were dedicated to Seneb and the southern pair devoted to his wife Neferhanisut.

Finds 1

Published Documents 1

Full Bibliography

  • Brovarski 2018

    Leclant, in Orientalia, N.S. 23 (1954), p. 72 [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. 48.

People 9

Ancient People

  • Aasekhmet (in Seneb I)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Appears holding scribal palette and papyrus in middle register of left thickness of false door of Seneb (owner of mastaba located on the western edge of the Abu Bakr Cemetery), identified as [sS] scribe; in situ in mastaba of Seneb.

  • Amenkaukhufu (in Seneb I)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Father (?) of Seneb, owner of mastaba located on the western edge of the Abu Bakr Cemetery. Appears on false door inscribed for Seneb, identified as [wab nswt] royal wab-priest; in situ in mastaba of Seneb.

  • Khusi (in Seneb I)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Appears witing on scribal palette in middle register of left thickness of false door of Seneb (owner of mastaba located on the western edge of the Abu Bakr Cemetery), identified as [sS] scribe; in situ in mastaba of Seneb.

  • Neferhanisut (in Seneb I)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Wife of Seneb, owner of mastaba located on the western edge of the Abu Bakr Cemetery. Appears on false door inscribed for Seneb, identified as [rxt nswt Hmt-nTr HwtHr] royal acquaintance, priestess of Hathor; in situ in mastaba of Seneb. Two offering stands inscribed for Neferhanisut, with identical titles; rediscovered in the Abu Bakr Magazine.

  • Redi (in Seneb I)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Appears holding foreleg of beef in bottom register of left thickness of false door of Seneb (owner of mastaba located on the western edge of the Abu Bakr Cemetery), identified as [Hm-kA] ka-priest; in situ in mastaba of Seneb.

  • Seneb (Seneb I)

    • Type Tomb Owner
    • Remarks Owner of mastaba located on the western edge of the Abu Bakr Cemetery. False door inscribed for Seneb, identified as [rx nswt wab nswt] royal acquaintance, royal wab-priest; in situ in mastaba of Seneb. Two offering stands inscribed for Seneb, identified as [wab nswt Hm-nTr xwfw Hrj-sStA n pr-aA] royal wab-priest, priest of Khufu, secretary of the Great House; rediscovered in the Abu Bakr Magazine.

  • Senmerer (in Seneb I)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Appears holding duck in bottom register of left thickness of false door of Seneb (owner of mastaba located on the western edge of the Abu Bakr Cemetery), identified as [xrp sH] director of the dining hall; in situ in mastaba of Seneb.

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.