Lepsius 54
G I-South Cemetery
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- Tomb Owner
- Hetepheres (Lepsius 54)
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- Excavator
- (Karl) Richard Lepsius, German, 1810–1884
- Hermann Junker, German, 1877–1962
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- Lepsius No
- L.54
- LG 54
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- Junker No
- Hetepheres
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- PorterMoss Date
- Dynasty 6
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- Site Type
- Stone-built mastaba
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- Shafts
- sloping shaft; chapel
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- Remarks
- Sloping shaft opening north of tomb of Seshemnefer-tjeti. Linked with Lepsius 53.
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Amulet of Udjat (eye of Horus)
- BÄM_1331
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- BÄM_8631
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- BÄM_1261
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Terminal and beads from collar
- BÄM_1290
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Lepsius 54: relief from W wall (color plate)
- ID HUMFA_EG025480
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Junker, Hermann. Gîza 11. Der Friedhof südlich der Cheopspyramide: Ostteil. Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien Philosophisch-historische Klasse Denkschriften 74, Abhandlung 2. Vienna: Rudolph M. Rohrer, 1953, pp. 92-94, 97-98, 122-124, 136-137, 258-263, figs. 49, 105, 105a, plan after p. 298.
Lehmann, Katja. Der Serdab in den Privatgräbern des Alten Reiches 1-3. Ph.D. Dissertation, Universität Heidelberg, 2000, Kat. G285.
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. 227-228, plan 19.
Ancient People
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- Type Tomb Owner
- Remarks Owner of Lepsius 54 (part of Seshemnefer [IV] complex). False door inscribed for Hetepheres (upper lintel now missing), identified as [rxt nswt jmAxwt xr hAj=s] royal acquaintance, revered before her husband; also appears in chapel relief, south wall (no longer preserved), identified as [Hm-nTr Nt] priestess of Neith; in situ in Lepsius 54.
Modern People
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- Type Excavator
- Nationality & Dates German, 1810–1884
- Remarks Egyptologist. Nationality and life dates from Who was Who in Egyptology.
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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.