Abu Bakr Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Henutsen & Khufuseneb
Decorated stone-built mastaba with three burials located southeast of Kairi almost in the middle of the Abu Bakr Cemetery.
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- Tomb Owner
- Henutsen (Henutsen & Khufuseneb)
- Khufuseneb (Henutsen & Khufuseneb)
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- Attested
- Ka-ahaf (in Henutsen & Khufuseneb)
- Khamerernebty (in Henutsen & Khufuseneb)
- Nikare (in Henutsen & Khufuseneb)
- Rehertep (in Henutsen & Khufuseneb)
- Reuser (in Henutsen & Khufuseneb)
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- Excavator
- Abdel Moneim Youssef Abu Bakr, 1907–1976
- Edward Brovarski
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- Site Type
- Stone-built mastaba
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- Shafts
- 2 shafts; chapel
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- Remarks
- Excavated by Abu-Bakr. Reopened in 2000 by Cairo Univ - Brown Univ Expedition. Senenu (1) had a son called Khufuseneb, and it is possible that the individual in this mastaba is the same person, making Henutsen the granddaughter of Senenu (1).
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Brovarski 2018
Handoussa & Brovarski, Preliminary Report on the 2000 Field Season of the Cairo University - Brown University Expedition, pp.6-8.
Ancient People
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Henutsen (Henutsen & Khufuseneb)
- Type Tomb Owner
- Remarks Owner, along with her father (or son ?) Khufuseneb, of a stone-built mastaba in the middle of the Abu Bakr Cemetery. Entrance drum, two entrance thicknesses, and false door in west wall of interior chapel inscribed and decorated for Khufuseneb and Henutsen, identified as [Hmt jrj-pat rxt nswt Xkrt nswt] wife of the hereditary prince, royal acquaintance, royal ornament; all in situ in mastaba of Henutsen & Khufuseneb.
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Ka-ahaf (in Henutsen & Khufuseneb)
- Type Attested
- Remarks Son ([sA=f] his son) of Khufuseneb, co-owner of mastaba of Henutsen and Khufuseneb in the middle of the Abu Bakr Cemetery. Appears behind his father on south entrance thickness; in situ in mastaba of Henutsen & Khufuseneb.
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Khamerernebty (in Henutsen & Khufuseneb)
- Type Attested
- Remarks Possible daughter (or sister ?) of Henutsen, co-owner of mastaba of Henutsen and Khufuseneb in the middle of the Abu Bakr Cemetery. Appears in front of her mother on north entrance thickness; in situ in mastaba of Henutsen & Khufuseneb.
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Khufuseneb (Henutsen & Khufuseneb)
- Type Tomb Owner
- Remarks Owner, along with his daughter (or mother ?) Henutsen, of a stone-built mastaba in the middle of the Abu Bakr Cemetery. Entrance drum, two entrance thicknesses, and false door in west wall of interior chapel inscribed and decorated for Henutsen and Khufuseneb, identified as [wab nswt rx nswt] royal wab-priest, royal acquaintance; all in situ in mastaba of Henutsen & Khufuseneb.
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Nikare (in Henutsen & Khufuseneb)
- Type Attested
- Remarks Possible son (?) of Khamerernebty and possible grandson of Henutsen, co-owner of mastaba of Henutsen and Khufuseneb in the middle of the Abu Bakr Cemetery. Appears in front of his mother on north entrance thickness; in situ in mastaba of Henutsen & Khufuseneb.
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Rehertep (in Henutsen & Khufuseneb)
- Type Attested
- Remarks Possible son (?) of Khufuseneb, co-owner of mastaba of Henutsen and Khufuseneb in the middle of the Abu Bakr Cemetery. Appears behind his father on south entrance thickness, identified as [rx nswt] royal acquaintance; in situ in mastaba of Henutsen & Khufuseneb.
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Reuser (in Henutsen & Khufuseneb)
- Type Attested
- Remarks Possible son (?) of Khamerernebty and possible grandson of Henutsen, co-owner of mastaba of Henutsen and Khufuseneb in the middle of the Abu Bakr Cemetery. Appears behind his mother on north entrance thickness; in situ in mastaba of Henutsen & Khufuseneb.
Modern People
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- Type Excavator
- Nationality & Dates 1907–1976
- Remarks Egyptian Egyptologist.
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- Type Excavator
- Nationality & Dates
- Remarks Egyptologist and co-director of the Cairo University-Brown University Excavations (CBE) in the Abu Bakr Cemetery.
