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*The original, paper version of this page in “Appendix N: Cemetery G 4000” can be found in archival box L13 in the Egyptian Section archives of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Details

  • Classification
    Documentation-Unpublished manuscripts
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Date
    about 1934—1942
  • Author
    George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942
  • Mentioned on page
    Neferherenptah (G 4311)
    Neferherenptah-nedjes (in G 4311)
    Tjentet (in G 4311)
    Tjenti (in G 4311)

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 4311

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

People 5

Ancient People

  • Neferherenptah (G 4311)

    • Type Mentioned on page
    • Remarks Owner of G 4311. North and south false doors inscribed for Neferherenptah, identified as [sAb smsw hAjt rx nswt jrj-mDAt Hrj-sStA sbA nswt] judge and elder of the hall, royal acquaintance, letter carrier, secretary, royal instructor; also appears in chapel relief (including displaced fragments 37-7-21a + 37-7-21b); all but displaced fragments in situ in G 4311.
  • Neferherenptah-nedjes (in G 4311)

    • Type Mentioned on page
    • Remarks Son (?) of Neferherenptah (owner of G 4311). Appears in chapel relief, west wall (between false doors, lower section, right: bottom register, first figure, holding haunch of beef), identified by (faded) ink inscription above figure as [Hm-kA (?) nfrHrnptH nDs] ka-priest Neferherenptah-nedjes; in situ in G 4311. Also possibly depicted on chapel entrance north door jamb; in situ in G 4311.
  • Tjentet (in G 4311)

    • Type Mentioned on page
    • Remarks Mother ([mwt=f] his mother) of Neferherenptah (owner of G 4311). Appears on north false door, center niche below drum (standing female figure facing left); also appears in chapel relief, west wall (between false doors, two standing couples face each other): couple on left: Neferherenptah and his wife (unnamed), couple on right: Tjenti (his father) and Tjentet (his mother); identified in both places as [rxt nswt] royal acquaintance; in situ in G 4311.
  • Tjenti (in G 4311)

    • Type Mentioned on page
    • Remarks Father ([jt=f] his father) of Neferherenptah (owner of G 4311). Appears on north false door, north jamb (male figure facing left); also appears in chapel relief, west wall (between false doors, two standing couples face each other): couple on left: Neferherenptah and his wife (unnamed), couple on right: Tjenti (his father) and Tjentet (his mother); identified in both places as [rx nswt jmj-r sSw n Snwt] royal acquaintance, overseer of scribes of the granary; in situ in G 4311.

Modern People

  • George Andrew Reisner

    • Type Author
    • 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.