Khnumnefer
G I-South Cemetery
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- Tomb Owner
- Khnumnefer (Khnumnefer)
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- Excavator
- Hermann Junker, German, 1877–1962
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- Junker No
- S 46
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- PorterMoss Date
- Dynasty 6
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- Site Type
- Stone+Brick-built mastaba
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- Shafts
- S 46
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Junker, Hermann. Gîza 10. Der Friedhof südlich der Cheopspyramide: Westteil. Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien Philosophisch-historische Klasse Denkschriften 74, Abhandlung 1. Vienna: Rudolph M. Rohrer, 1951, pp. 110-111, figs. 40-41, plan 1 of 2 after p. 211.
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. 217, plan 19.
Ancient People
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- Type Tomb Owner
- Remarks Owner of Khnumnefer (unnumbered mastaba excavated by Junker). Limestone sarcophagus inscribed (in ink) for Khnumnefer, identified as [smr watj jrj nfr-HAt sHD jrw Sn nswt] sole companion, keeper of the diadem, inspector of the king's hairdressers; found in mastaba of Khnumnefer shaft S 46.
Modern People
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- Type Excavator
- Nationality & Dates German, 1877–1962
- Remarks Egyptologist, Director of German-Austrian expedition to Giza, 1911–1929. Published 12 volumes of final excavation reports from Giza expedition. Nationality and life dates from Who was Who in Egyptology.