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G 2136a

Western Cemetery

Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Djednefret (G 2136a)

Details

  • Tomb Owner
    Djednefret (G 2136a)
  • Excavator
    Hermann Junker, German, 1877–1962
  • Junker No
    Djednefret
  • PorterMoss Date
    Late Dynasty 6
  • Site Type
    Stone-built mastaba
  • Shafts
    S 271; 1 unnamed shaft
  • Remarks
    Mastaba is attached to east wall of G 2136's chapel, off southeast corner of G 2140.

Maps & Plans 3

Published Documents 2

Full Bibliography

  • Junker, Hermann. Gîza 6. Die Mastabas des Nfr (Nefer), Kdfjj (Kedfi), Kahjf (Kahjef) und die westlich anschließenden Grabanlagen. Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien Philosophisch-historische Klasse Denkschriften 72, Abhandlung 1. Vienna & Leipzig: Hölder-Pichler-Tempsky, 1943. pp. 153-154, figs. 27, 48-49, 51, plan after p. 273.

    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. 77, plan 11.

People 2

Ancient People

  • Djednefret (G 2136a)

    • Type Tomb Owner
    • Remarks Owner of G 2136a. Son ([sA=f smsw] his eldest son) of Kahif (owner of G 2136). Lower part of false door (upper part not preserved) inscribed for Djednefret, identified as [(Hrj)-sStA] secretary; found in situ in G 2136a. Also appears in chapel relief in tomb of his father Kahif, north wall (depicted as young boy, behind standing figure of his father) and upper part of west wall (just south of north false door presenting compartment offering list), identified in both places as [xntj-S pr-aA] palace attendant of the Great House; and probably (name only partially preserved) south wall (banquet scene, second register from bottom, kneeling with his brothers and sister[?]); in situ in G 2136.

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.