Meshaef
Western Cemetery
Small mud-brick mastaba located southeast of the mastaba of Semerka near the western edge of the Abu Bakr Cemetery.
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- Tomb Owner
- Meshaef (Meshaef)
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- Excavator
- Abdel Moneim Youssef Abu Bakr, 1907–1976
- Edward Brovarski
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- PorterMoss Date
- Dynasty 5-6
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- Site Type
- Mud-brick mastaba
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- Remarks
- Abu-Bakr Excavation (1953). The mastaba of Semerka overlaps the northwest corner of Meshaef’s mastaba, indicating that Meshaef was likely built against the former.
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Intrusive poorly preserved mummy
- CBE_Q27-1
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Brovarski 2018
Leclant, in Orientalia, N.S. 23 (1954), p. 72 [2, a].
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. 47, plan 7.
Ancient People
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- Type Tomb Owner
- Remarks Owner of small mud-brick mastaba located near the western edge of the Abu Bakr Cemetery. Architrave and drum of false door inscribed for Meshaef, identified as [xtmtj-nTr sHD pr-aA jmj-r sAw Sma] god's sealer, inspector of the Great House, overseer of the phyles of Upper Egypt; in situ in mastaba of Meshaef.
Modern People
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- Type Excavator
- Nationality & Dates 1907–1976
- Remarks Egyptian Egyptologist.
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- Type Excavator
- Nationality & Dates
- Remarks Egyptologist and co-director of the Cairo University-Brown University Excavations (CBE) in the Abu Bakr Cemetery.