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Iika

Western Cemetery

Abu Bakr Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Iika

The tomb of Iika includes a mud-brick mastaba (ABC 340) with two shafts and a corridor chapel (ABC 342) and, to the east, a smaller mastaba (ABC 341) with four shafts, presumably intended for relatives of Iika.

Details

  • Attested
    Her (in Iika)
    Herunefer (in Iika)
    Hesi (in Iika)
    Hetepti (in Iika)
    Idu (in Iika)
    Maat (in Iika)
    Meresh (?) (in Iika)
    Nikhasutnisut (in Iika)
    Perem (in Iika)
    Reri (in Iika)
  • Owner
    Iika (Iika)
  • Excavator
    Abdel Moneim Youssef Abu Bakr, 1907–1976
    Edward Brovarski
  • Site Type
    Mud-brick mastaba
  • Remarks
    The mastaba is southeast of Mastaba A, on the north 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 13

Ancient People

  • Her (in Iika)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Appears in lower right register of false door inscribed for Iika, carrying a large jar; in situ in mastaba of Iika.

  • Herunefer (in Iika)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Appears in middle left register of false door inscribed for Iika, carrying a bird; in situ in mastaba of Iika.

  • Hesi (in Iika)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Son (?) of Iika, owner of unnumbered mastaba in southern part of Abu Bakr Cemetery. Appears in upper right register of false door inscribed for Iika; in situ in mastaba of Iika.

  • Hetepti (in Iika)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Wife (?) of Iika, owner of unnumbered mastaba in southern part of Abu Bakr Cemetery. Appears in upper right register of false door inscribed for Iika, identified as [rxt nswt] royal acquaintance; in situ in mastaba of Iika.

  • Idu (in Iika)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Daughter (?) of Iika, owner of unnumbered mastaba in southern part of Abu Bakr Cemetery. Appears in upper right register of false door inscribed for Iika; in situ in mastaba of Iika.

  • Iika (Iika)

    • Type Owner
    • Remarks Owner of Iika (unnumbered mastaba in southern part of Abu Bakr Cemetery). False door and offering basin both inscribed for Iika, identified as [sS] scribe; in situ in mastaba of Iika.

  • Maat (in Iika)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Appears in middle right register of false door inscribed for Iika, carrying a tray of offerings; in situ in mastaba of Iika.

  • Meresh (?) (in Iika)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Appears in middle right register of false door inscribed for Iika, carrying a tray of offerings; in situ in mastaba of Iika. The otherwise unattested name "Meresh" may actually be a title [jmj-r S] "overseer of a pool or quarry (?)"

  • Nikhasutnisut (in Iika)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Father (?) of Iika, owner of unnumbered mastaba in southern part of Abu Bakr Cemetery. Appears in lower left register of false door inscribed for Iika; in situ in mastaba of Iika.

  • Perem (in Iika)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Appears in middle left register of false door inscribed for Iika, carrying a bird; in situ in mastaba of Iika.

  • Reri (in Iika)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Appears in lower right register of false door inscribed for Iika, carrying two beer jars; in situ in mastaba of Iika.

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.