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G 2362

Western Cemetery

Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2366, G 2365, G 2364, G 2363, G 2362, G 2371, G 2360, G 2336, G 2335, G 2340 = G 5480, G 2330 = G 5380

Details

  • Tomb Owner
    Rudj (G 2362)
  • Attested
    Ahi (in G 2362)
    Ikauhormerut (in G 2362)
    Iri (in G 2362)
    Khuenkhnum (in G 2362)
    Meryib (in G 2362)
    Neferkhenit (in G 2362)
    Nemtetites (in G 2362)
    Niankhhathor (in G 2362)
    Satmeret (in G 2362)
    Senetites (in G 2362)
    Seshmu (in G 2362)
  • Excavator
    George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942
  • PorterMoss Date
    Dynasty 6
  • Site Type
    Stone+Brick-built mastaba
  • Shafts
    G 2362 A; G 2362 B

Finds 10

Excavation Diary Pages 4

Maps & Plans 8

Drawings 1

Published Documents 1

Unpublished Documents 13

Full Bibliography

  • Brovarski, Edward. “The Senedjemib Complex at Giza: Report on the February-March 1999 Field Season of the Giza Mastabas Project.” Annales du Service des Antiquités de l'Égypte 76 (2001), p. 68.

    Brovarski, Edward. "The Senedjemib Complex at Giza: An Interim Report." L'Égyptologie en 1979. Axes prioritaires de recherches, tome II. Colloques Internationaux du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique No. 595. Paris: Éditions du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 1982, pp. 120-121.

    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. 84.

People 13

Ancient People

  • Ahi (in G 2362)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Son(?) of Rudj (owner of G 2362). Appears on fragmentary architrave inscribed for Rudj (on fragment 12-10-37b.1 = MFA 13.4334c: 12-10-37 face b: bottom register, fourth figure from right); broken in pieces and displaced, originally from G 2362.

  • Ikauhormerut (in G 2362)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Daughter of Rudj (owner of G 2362). Name appears on fragmentary architrave inscribed for Rudj (on fragments 12-10-37b.2 = MFA 13.4334b + 35-9-7e + 35-9-7f + 35-9-7b = MFA 13.4334e + 35-9-7c = MFA 13.4334f: continuation of 12-10-37 face b); broken in pieces and displaced, originally from G 2362.

  • Iri (in G 2362)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Son(?) of Rudj (owner of G 2362). Appears on fragmentary architrave inscribed for Rudj (at join of fragments 12-10-37b.1 + 12-10-37b.2 = MFA 13.4334b + MFA 13.4334c: 12-10-37 face b: bottom register, fifth figure from right); broken in pieces and displaced, originally from G 2362.

  • Khuenkhnum (in G 2362)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Son ([sA n Xt=f] son of his body) of Rudj (owner of G 2362). Appears on limestone false door inscribed for Rudj, tablet (right side, presenting offering to his father seated at offering table); false door found displaced (and damaged) on G 2362. Also appears on non-joining fragment (35-8-75b) of fragmentary architrave, identified as [sAb jrj-mDAt] juridicial letter carrier; found displaced in G 2360, originally from G 2362.

  • Meryib (in G 2362)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Son(?) of Rudj (owner of G 2362). Appears on fragmentary architrave inscribed for Rudj (on fragment 35-8-76b = MFA 13.4334g: continuation of 12-10-37 face b: bottom row); broken in pieces and displaced, originally from G 2362.

  • Neferkhenit (in G 2362)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Daughter(?) of Rudj (owner of G 2362). Name appears on fragmentary architrave inscribed for Rudj (on fragments 12-10-37b.1 + 12-10-37b.2 = MFA 13.4334b + MFA 13.4334c: 12-10-37 face b: third line of text); broken in pieces and displaced, originally from G 2362.

  • Nemtetites (in G 2362)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Daughter(?) of Rudj (owner of G 2362). Name mentioned on fragmentary architrave inscribed for Rudj (on fragment 12-10-37b.1 = MFA 13.4334c: 12-10-37 face b: third line of text); broken in pieces and displaced, originally from G 2362.

  • Niankhhathor (in G 2362)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Daughter(?) of Rudj (owner of G 2362). Name appears on fragmentary architrave inscribed for Rudj (on fragments 35-8-76a + 35-8-76b = MFA 13.4334d + MFA 13.4334g: continuation of 12-10-37 face b); broken in pieces and displaced, originally from G 2362.

  • Rudj (G 2362)

    • Type Tomb Owner
    • Remarks Owner of G 2362. Limestone false door inscribed for Rudj; found displaced (and damaged) on G 2362. Fragments of limestone architrave inscribed for Rudj (12-10-37a [face "a"] = MFA 13.4334a, identifed as [Hm-nTr mAat jmj-xt Hmw-kA sS n sA] priest of Maat, under-supervisor of ka-priests, scribe of a phyle; two fitting fragments 12-10-37b [face "b"] = MFA 13.4334b + MFA 13.4334c, identifed as [sAb jmj-r sSw] juridicial overseer of scribes; related fragments: face "a": 35-8-75a and 35-8-75b; face "b": two fitting fragments 35-8-76a = MFA 13.4334d + 35-8-76b = MFA 13.4334g and non-fitting fragment 35-8-76c, and two fitting fragments 35-9-7b = MFA 13.4334e + 35-9-7c = MFA 13.4334f); all originally from G 2362.

  • Satmeret (in G 2362)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Daughter(?) of Rudj (owner of G 2362). Appears on fragmentary architrave inscribed for Rudj (on fragment 12-10-37b.1 = MFA 13.4334c: 12-10-37 face b: bottom register, first figure on right); broken in pieces and displaced, originally from G 2362.

  • Senetites (in G 2362)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Daughter(?) of Rudj (owner of G 2362). Appears on fragmentary architrave inscribed for Rudj (on fragment 12-10-37b.2 = MFA 13.4334b: 12-10-37 face b: bottom register, sixth figure from right); broken in pieces and displaced, originally from G 2362.

  • Seshmu (in G 2362)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Son(?) of Rudj (owner of G 2362). Appears on fragmentary architrave inscribed for Rudj (on fragments 35-8-76a + 35-8-76b = MFA 13.4334d + MFA 13.4334g: continuation of 12-10-37 face b: bottom row); broken in pieces and displaced, originally from G 2362.

Modern People

  • George Andrew Reisner

    • Type Excavator
    • Nationality & Dates American, 1867–1942
    • Remarks Egyptologist, archaeologist; Referred to as "the doctor" and "mudir" (Arabic for "director") in the excavation records. Nationality and life dates from Who was Who in Egyptology.