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Ptahshepses [I]

Western Cemetery

Details

  • Tomb Owner
    Ptahshepses [I] (Ptahshepses [I])
  • Attested
    Iyshema (in Ptahshepses [I])
    Redines (in Ptahshepses [I])
  • Excavator
    Hermann Junker, German, 1877–1962
  • PorterMoss Date
    Late Dynasty 5
  • Site Type
    Stone-built mastaba
  • Shafts
    S 338; S 339; serdab 1; serdab 2
  • Remarks
    Mastaba with two shafts is in street off east wall of G 5160's chapel, north of G 5150 and Tjenti (2).

Finds 13

Maps & Plans 1

Published Documents 5

Full Bibliography

  • Bolshakov, Andrey. "anx-wD.s: St. Petersburg-Cambridge." Göttinger Miszellen 188 (2002), p. 41.

    Eaton-Krauss, Marianne. "Pseudo-Groups." In Rainer Stadelmann and Hourig Sourouzian, eds. Kunst des Alten Reiches: Symposium im Deutschen Archäologischen Institut Kairo am 29. und 30. Oktober 1991. Sonderschrift des Deutschen Archäologischen Institut Abteilung Kairo 28, Mainz am Rhein: Verlag Philipp von Zabern, 1995, p. 69, #8 and #9.

    Junker, Hermann. Gîza 7. Der Ostabschnitt des Westfriedhofs, Erster Teil. Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien Philosophisch-historische Klasse Denkschriften 72, Abhandlung 3. Vienna & Leipzig: Hölder-Pichler-Tempsky, 1944, pp. 92-113, figs. 38, 40, pls. 19-23, plan after pl. 40.

    Lehmann, Katja. Der Serdab in den Privatgräbern des Alten Reiches 1-3. Ph.D. Dissertation, Universität Heidelberg, 2000, Kat. G354.

    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, pp. 151-152, plan 16.

People 4

Ancient People

  • Iyshema (in Ptahshepses [I])

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Headless servant staue (Hildesheim 2142) inscribed for Iyshema; found in mastaba of Ptahshepses [I] serdab 1 (S 1).

  • Ptahshepses [I] (Ptahshepses [I])

    • Type Tomb Owner
    • Remarks Owner of Ptahshepses [I] (unnumbered mastaba excavated by Junker). Limestone standing statue (KHM Vienna ÄS 7503) inscribed for Ptahshepses, identified as [sHD Hmw-kA] inspector of ka-priests, and limestone standing pair statue (KHM Vienna ÄS 7501) inscribed for Ptahshepses and his wife Redines; found in situ in mastaba of Ptahshepses [I] serdab 2 (S 2).

  • Redines (in Ptahshepses [I])

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Wife of Ptahshepses (owner of Ptahshepses [I], unnumbered mastaba excavated by Junker). Limestone standing pair statue (KHM Vienna ÄS 7501) inscribed for Ptahshepses and his wife Redines; Redines identified as [rxt nswt] royal acquaintance; found in situ in mastaba of Ptahshepses [I], serdab 2 (S 2).

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.