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Medunefer (1)

Western Cemetery

Details

  • Tomb Owner
    Medunefer (Medunefer 1)
  • Excavator
    Hermann Junker, German, 1877–1962
  • PorterMoss Date
    Dynasty 6
  • Site Type
    Uncertain/destroyed
  • Shafts
    S 2151
  • Remarks
    Tomb in street north of G 4450 and south of G 4460. Junker calls it S 2151, but his plan does not label it as such.

Maps & Plans 1

Published Documents 2

Full Bibliography

  • Junker, Hermann. Gîza 6. Die Mastabas des Nfr (Nefer), Kdfjj (Kedfi), Kahjf (Kahjef) und die westlich anschließenden Grabanlagen. Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien Philosophisch-historische Klasse Denkschriften 72, Abhandlung 1. Vienna & Leipzig: Hölder-Pichler-Tempsky, 1943, pp. 217-220, figs. 85-86, plan after p. 273.

    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. 129, plan 11.

People 2

Ancient People

  • Medunefer (Medunefer 1)

    • Type Tomb Owner
    • Remarks Owner of Medunefer (1) (unnumbered mastaba excavated by Junker). False door (Leipzig 3138) and offering stone (Leipzig 729) inscribed for Medunefer, identified in both places as [Hm-kA] ka-priest; found in situ in mastaba of Medunefer [Medunefer (1)].

Modern People

  • Hermann Junker

    • 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.