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Mastaba 20

Western Cemetery

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; View: Mastaba 20

Mastaba excavated by Prof. Abu Bakr, now known only from excavation photographs taken by Abu Bakr, which show the intact serdab of "Mastaba 20." Not rediscovered by the Cairo-Brown Expedition.

Details

  • Tomb Owner
    Iufi (Mastaba 20)
  • Researcher
    Edward Brovarski
  • Attested
    Hathoremhat (in Mastaba 20)
  • Excavator
    Abdel Moneim Youssef Abu Bakr, 1907–1976
  • Site Type
    Unidentified
  • Remarks
    The serdab of "Mastaba 20" contained an interesting array of sculpture (rediscovered in the Abu Bakr Magazine in 2001), including two well-preserved pair statues of Iufi and his wife Hathoremhat, a kneeling statue of Iufi, five serving statues, and limestone model granaries.

Full Bibliography

  • Brovarski 2018

People 4

Ancient People

  • Hathoremhat (in Mastaba 20)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Wife ([Hmt=f] his wife) of Iufi, probable owner of of "Mastaba 20," now known only from excavation photographs taken by Abu Bakr. Two well-preserved pair statues (only one inscribed) of Iufi and his wife Hathoremhat; found in situ in the serdab of "Mastaba 20" and now in the Abu Bakr Magazine.

  • Iufi (Mastaba 20)

    • Type Tomb Owner
    • Remarks Probable owner of "Mastaba 20," now known only from excavation photographs taken by Abu Bakr. On a kneeling offering statue inscribed for Iufi, and two well-preserved pair statues (only one inscribed) of Iufi and his wife Hathoremhat, he is identified as [rx nswt jmj-r sjsw wjA] royal acquaintance, overseer of six of the boat; all found in situ in the serdab of "Mastaba 20" and now in the Abu Bakr Magazine.

Modern People

  • Abdel Moneim Youssef Abu Bakr

    • Type Excavator
    • Nationality & Dates 1907–1976
    • Remarks Egyptian Egyptologist.

  • Edward Brovarski

    • Type Researcher
    • Nationality & Dates
    • Remarks Egyptologist and co-director of the Cairo University-Brown University Excavations (CBE) in the Abu Bakr Cemetery.