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Details

  • Tomb Owner
    Tjetut (Tjetut)
  • Attested
    Seshemnefer (east of Tjetut)
  • Excavator
    Hermann Junker, German, 1877–1962
  • PorterMoss Date
    Dynasty 6
  • Site Type
    Stone-built mastaba
  • Shafts
    S 357
  • Remarks
    Mastaba is against east side of Seshemnefer-tjeti.

Finds 2

Maps & Plans 1

Published Documents 2

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. 268-269, fig. 49, plan after p. 298.

    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. 228, plan 19.

People 3

Ancient People

  • Seshemnefer (east of Tjetut)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Lower part of false door (Hildesheim 3195) inscribed for Seshemnefer; found displaced northeast of mastaba of Tjetut (unnumbered mastaba excavated by Junker). May be descendent of Seshemnefer [IV], based on proximity of his (completely cleared away ?) tomb to Seshemnefer [IV] complex.
  • Tjetut (Tjetut)

    • Type Tomb Owner
    • Remarks Owner of Tjetut (unnumbered mastaba excavated by Junker). False door (Hildesheim 3180) inscribed for Tjetut, identified as [rxt nswt mrt jt=s] royal acquaintance, beloved of her father; found in situ in mastaba of Tjetut.

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.