Skip to main content

Tjenti (3)

Eastern Cemetery

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Tjenti 3

Details

  • Tomb Owner
    Tjenti (Tjenti 3)
  • Excavator
    George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942
    Sir William Flinders Petrie, British, 1853–1942
  • Attested
    Akh-hetep (in Tjenti 3)
    Inetkaes (in Tjenti 3)
  • PorterMoss Date
    Dynasty 5-6
  • Site Type
    Rock-cut tomb
  • Remarks
    East of tomb Lepsius 68. Exact position unknown.

Finds 3

Excavation Diary Pages 2

Published Documents 1

Full Bibliography

  • 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. 210.

People 5

Ancient People

  • Akh-hetep (in Tjenti 3)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Father(?) of Tjenti (owner of unnumbered rock-cut tomb), based on text above niche with rock-cut statues.

  • Inetkaes (in Tjenti 3)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Mother(?) of Tjenti (owner of unnumbered rock-cut tomb), based on text above niche with rock-cut statues.

  • Tjenti (Tjenti 3)

    • Type Tomb Owner
    • Remarks Owner of unnumbered rock-cut tomb. False door inscribed for Tjenti, identified as [xrp sH pr-aA jmj-r Hmw-kA] director of the dining hall of the Great House, oveseer of ka-priests; found in Tjenti 3.

Modern People

  • George Andrew Reisner

    • Type Excavator
    • Nationality & Dates American, 1867–1942
    • Remarks Egyptologist, archaeologist; Referred to as "the doctor" and "mudir" (Arabic for "director") in the excavation records. Nationality and life dates from Who was Who in Egyptology.

  • Sir William Flinders Petrie

    • Type Excavator
    • Nationality & Dates British, 1853–1942
    • Remarks Father of British Egyptology.