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G 2383

Western Cemetery

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5 of 21 • Senedjemib Complex: G 2382 (originally thought to be a tomb, but now known to be a jumbled deposit of limestone blocks from other nearby tombs), Sendjemib Complex court, with G 2370 (Senedjemib Inti, to W, middle ground left), G 2374 (Khnumenti, immediately N of G 2370, middle ground center), G 2378 (Senedjemib Mehi, to N, middle ground right), and G 2383 (Werkauba Iku, abutting S face of G 2378, W of portico), partly cleared, top of false door inscribed for Werkauba Iku visible, looking NW from photographic tower
General plan of Western Cemetery
Plan of Cemetery en Echelon
Senedjemib Complex: G 2370 (Senedjemib Inti, W of court) with G 2374 (Khnumenti, immediately N of G 2370), G 2378 (Senedjemib Mehi, N of court) with G 2383 (Werkauba Iku, chapel only, abutting W end of G 2378 facade) and area of G 2385 (immediately E of G 2378), G 2381 (Nekhebu, S of court) with destroyed chapels G 2386 (NE of G 2381), and area of G 2384 (E of court), looking NW from NW corner of Khufu pyramid (rephotographed as B2080)
Senedjemib Complex: G 2382 (originally thought to be a tomb, but now known to be a jumbled deposit of limestone blocks from other nearby tombs), Senedjemib Complex court, area of G 2381 (foreground right), G 2383 (chapel, abutting W end of G 2378 facade, foreground left, bottom of image), facade of G 2378 (middle ground left), area of destroyed G 2386 chapels (NE of G 2381, middle ground center right), looking E across area of G 2384 (middle ground center and center left) from photographic tower on G 2370
Senedjemib Complex: G 2382 (originally thought to be a tomb, but now known to be a jumbled deposit of limestone blocks from other nearby tombs), Sendjemib Complex court, with G 2370 (Senedjemib Inti, to W, middle ground left), G 2374 (Khnumenti, immediately N of G 2370, middle ground center), G 2378 (Senedjemib Mehi, to N, middle ground right), and G 2383 (Werkauba Iku, abutting S face of G 2378, W of portico), partly cleared, top of false door inscribed for Werkauba Iku visible, looking NW from photographic tower
Senedjemib Complex: G 2382 (originally thought to be a tomb, but now known to be a jumbled deposit of limestone blocks from other nearby tombs), Sendjemib Complex court, with G 2370 (Senedjemib Inti, to W, background left), G 2374 (Khnumenti, immediately N of G 2370, background center), G 2378 (Senedjemib Mehi, to N, background right), and G 2383 (Werkauba Iku, abutting S face of G 2378, W of portico), cleared, false door inscribed for Werkauba Iku visible, looking NW from photographic tower
Senedjemib Complex: Senedjemib Complex court, G 2378 (Senedjemib Mehi, to N of court, fore- and middle ground left) with G 2383 (Werkauba Iku, chapel only, abutting W end of G 2378 facade, foreground left) and G 2385 (immediate E of G 2378, middle ground center), area of G 2384 (to E of court, middle ground center right), destroyed chapels G 2386 (S of G 2384, middle ground right), looking ENE from photographic tower on G 2370
Senedjemib Complex: G 2370 (Senedjemib Inti, W of court) with G 2374 (Khnumenti, immediately N of G 2370), G 2378 (Senedjemib Mehi, N of court) with G 2383 (Werkauba Iku, chapel only, abutting W end of G 2378 facade) and area of G 2385 (immediately E of G 2378), G 2381 (Nekhebu, S of court) with destroyed chapels G 2386 (NE of G 2381), and area of G 2384 (E of court), looking NNW from Khufu pyramid
Senedjemib Complex: G 2370 (Senedjemib Inti, W of court) with G 2374 (Khnumenti, immediately N of G 2370), G 2378 (Senedjemib Mehi, N of court) with G 2383 (Werkauba Iku, chapel only, abutting W end of G 2378 facade) and area of G 2385 (immediately E of G 2378), G 2381 (Nekhebu, S of court) with destroyed chapels G 2386 (NE of G 2381), and area of G 2384 (E of court), looking NNW from Khufu pyramid
Senedjemib Complex: G 2382 (originally thought to be a tomb, but now known to be a jumbled deposit of limestone blocks from other nearby tombs), Senedjemib Complex court, area of G 2381 (Nekhebu, to Sof court, foreground center) with destroyed chapels G 2386 (to NE of G 2381, middle ground right), and area of G 2384 (to E of court, N of G 2386), facade of G 2370 (Senedjemib Inti, to W of court, middle ground left) with G 2374 (Khnumenti, immediately N of G 2370), G 2378 (Senedjemib Mehi, to N of court, background center) with G 2383 (Werkauba Iku, chapel only, abutting W end of G 2378 facade), looking N from photographic tower
Senedjemib Complex: G 2370 (Senedjemib Inti, W of court) with G 2374 (Khnumenti, immediately N of G 2370), G 2378 (Senedjemib Mehi, N of court) with G 2383 (Werkauba Iku, chapel only, abutting W end of G 2378 facade) and area of G 2385 (immediately E of G 2378), G 2381 (Nekhebu, S of court) with destroyed chapels G 2386 (NE of G 2381), and area of G 2384 (E of court), looking NW from Khufu pyramid
Senedjemib Complex: G 2370 (Senedjemib Inti, W of court) with G 2374 (Khnumenti, immediately N of G 2370), G 2378 (Senedjemib Mehi, N of court) with G 2383 (Werkauba Iku, chapel only, abutting W end of G 2378 facade) and area of G 2385 (immediately E of G 2378), G 2381 (Nekhebu, S of court) with destroyed chapels G 2386 (NE of G 2381), and area of G 2384 (E of court), looking NW from Khufu pyramid

Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2382, G 2383, G 2370, G 2374, G 2378

Details

  • Tomb Owner
    Werkauba Iku (G 2383)
  • Attested
    Tjefereret (in G 2383)
  • Excavator
    George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942
  • Site Type
    Mud-brick mastaba
  • Shafts
    G 2383 A
  • Remarks
    G 2383 is a chapel with no associated burial shafts. Reisner (GN2_K12_p171) suggests that its owner, Werkauba Iku, may have been buried in nearby G 2376 or G 2377.

Excavation Diary Pages 2

Maps & Plans 5

Drawings 3

Published Documents 2

Unpublished Documents 23

Full Bibliography

  • Brovarski, Edward. "False Doors & History: the Sixth Dynasty." In Miroslav Bárta, ed. The Old Kingdom Art and Archaeology. Proceedings of the Conference held in Prague, May 31-June 4, 2004. Prague: Czech Institute of Egyptology, 2006, pp. 101, 102, 104, 105, 118, notes 293, 324, 460.

    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), pp. 67, 69.

    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. 115, 119-120, fig. 21.

    Reisner, George A. "A Family of Builders of the Sixth Dynasty, about 2600 B.C." Bulletin of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 11, No. 66 (November 1913), pp. 53-66.

    Strudwick, Nigel. The Administration of Egypt in the Old Kingdom: the highest titles and their holders. London: KPI, 1985, p. 81.

People 3

Ancient People

  • Tjefereret (in G 2383)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Wife (?) of Werkauba Iku (owner of G 2383). Appears on false door inscribed for Werkauba Iku (right inner jamb), identified as [rxt nswt Hm-nTr HwtHr] royal acquaintance, priestess of Hathor; found in situ in G 2383.

  • Werkauba Iku (G 2383)

    • Type Tomb Owner
    • Remarks Owner of G 2383 (chapel only), possibly buried in either G 2376 or G 2377. Werkauba, [rn=f nfr] his good name Iku. False door inscribed for Werkauba Iku, identified as [tAjtj sAb TAtj jmj-r Hwt wrt smr watj sS nswt] chief justice and vizier, overseer of the great court, sole companion, royal scribe; found in situ in G 2383. Possibly same individual as Khnumwerkau Iku (in Menkaure Valley Temple).

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.