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Kaemtjenenet

Western Cemetery

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; View: Kaemtjenenet

The tomb of Kaemtjenenet includes a core mastaba (ABC 857) with one addition to the north (ABC 858); two additions to the east (ABC 871 and ABC 872); an extension to the south to include burial ABC 867; and an auxiliary mastaba south of the extension (ABC 868).

Details

  • Tomb Owner
    Kaemtjenenet (Kaemtjenenet)
  • Attested
    Ihyemsaf (in Kaemtjenenet)
    Mehu (in Kaemtjenenet)
    Mereri (in Kaemtjenenet)
    Nimaathap (in Kaemtjenenet)
  • Excavator
    Abdel Moneim Youssef Abu Bakr, 1907–1976
    Edward Brovarski
  • Site Type
    Stone-casing mastaba
  • Remarks
    Located on the south side of the street that leads from the great dump of excavation debris which marks the eastern boundary of the Abu Bakr Cemetery back to the Persen Complex.

Full Bibliography

  • Brovarski 2018

People 7

Ancient People

  • Ihyemsaf (in Kaemtjenenet)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Son ([sA=f] his son) of Kaemtjenenet, owner of unnumbered mastaba in southeastern part of Abu Bakr Cemetery. Appears in relief on east wall of chapel, offering a foreleg of beef; in situ in mastaba of Kaemtjenenet.

  • Kaemtjenenet (Kaemtjenenet)

    • Type Tomb Owner
    • Remarks Owner of Kaemtjenenet (unnumbered mastaba in southeastern part of Abu Bakr Cemetery). Frieze fragments inscribed for Kaemtjenenet, identified as [wab nswt Hm-nTr xwfw Hm-nTr mDdrnbtj] royal wab-priest, priest of Khufu, priest of Medjedernebty (Khufu); found in and just north of mastaba of Kaemtjenenet.

  • Mehu (in Kaemtjenenet)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Appears [figure damaged] in relief on east wall of chapel, holding offering; in situ in unnumbered mastaba of Kaemtjenenet.

  • Mereri (in Kaemtjenenet)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Appears in relief on east wall of chapel, holding a goose(?); in situ in unnumbered mastaba of Kaemtjenenet.

  • Nimaathap (in Kaemtjenenet)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Wife ([Hmt=f] his wife) of Kaemtjenenet, owner of unnumbered mastaba in southeastern part of Abu Bakr Cemetery. Appears in relief on east wall of chapel, identified as [rxt nswt Hm-nTr HwtHr] royal acquaintance, priestess of Hathor; in situ in mastaba of Kaemtjenenet.

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.