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The Minor Cemetery at Giza, Unpublished Manuscript, Chapter V: Chamber of Sneferu-hotep, p.144 (alternate version)

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Unpublished manuscript transcription: begin page 144 (alternate version):

Sneferu-hetep [inscriptions from E wall]
(4) "(There hath been performed for) him his purification (i.e. the ceremony of the opening of the mouth); he hath journeyed to the Western Land......Ankh."

(5) "...his beloved eldest son, the judge and district chief of the town of..., Ankh, called IDU."

(6) "..... Snefe(u-Hetep)."

(7) ".... libation priest"

(8) ".... his."

(9) "he who is the supervisor of the mysteries of his god."

(10) "lord of reverence before the great god."

(14) "(not at any time letting) anger inflame his heart; he hath done.....daily(?)...."

End of page 144

Details

  • Classification
    Documentation-Unpublished manuscripts
  • Department
    University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology
  • Credit Line
    University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology
  • Author
    Clarence Stanley Fisher, American, 1876–1941
  • Mentioned on page
    Ankh Idu (in G 3008)
    Sneferuhetep (G 3008)

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 3008

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

Published Documents 1

People 3

Ancient People

  • Ankh Idu (in G 3008)

    • Type Mentioned on page
    • Remarks Son ([(sA) smsw mrj=f] his beloved eldest [son]) of Sneferuhetep (owner of G 3008). Ankh, called Idu. Appears in chapel wall paintings, east wall, identified as [sAb aD-mr] judge and administrator; in situ in G 3008.

  • Sneferuhetep (G 3008)

    • Type Mentioned on page
    • Remarks Owner of G 3008. South false door inscribed for Sneferuhetep, also appears in chapel wall painting, east, south, and west walls, identified as [rx nswt sS nswt sHD wabw xa-snfrw wr mDw Sma Hrj-sStA n nTr=f Hrj-sStA m kAt sxt] royal acquaintance, royal scribe, inspector of wab-priests of the pyramid of Snefru, great one of the tens of Upper Egypt, secretary of his god, secretary of works in the field; in situ in G 3008. Fragment of door jamb (UPM_E13543) inscribed for Sneferuhetep, identified as [rx nswt] royal acquaintance; found in debris of shaft G 3008 C, originally from door to offering room.

Modern People

  • Clarence Stanley Fisher

    • Type Author
    • Nationality & Dates American, 1876–1941
    • Remarks Archaeologist and architect. Nationality and life dates from Who was Who in Egyptology.