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Redienptah

South Giza Cemetery (Z. Hawass)

Details

  • Tomb Owner
    Redienptah (Redienptah)
  • Excavator
    Sir William Flinders Petrie, British, 1853–1942
  • Attested
    Iymeryt (in Redienptah)
  • PorterMoss Date
    Dynasty 5-6
  • Site Type
    Rock-cut tomb
  • Remarks
    Late Old Kingdom rock-cut tomb in ridge facing east.

Finds 2

Published Documents 2

Full Bibliography

  • Petrie, William F. Gizeh and Rifeh. London: School of Archaeology in Egypt, University College & Bernard Quaritch, 1907, pp. 8-9, pls. 7 a & c.

    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. 295.

People 3

Ancient People

  • Iymeryt (in Redienptah)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Wife ([Hmt=f] his wife) of Redienptah, owner of unnumbered rock-cut tomb. Lintel and drum lintel of Redienptah and Iymeryt; found by W.M.F. Petrie in tomb of Redienptah (see Petrie, Gizeh and Rifeh, pp. 8-9, pl. VIIa).

  • Redienptah (Redienptah)

    • Type Tomb Owner
    • Remarks Owner of Redienptah (unnumbered rock-cut tomb). Lintel and drum lintel of Redienptah, identified as [rx nswt smr pr-aA jmj-r swnw] royal acquaintance, companion of the Great House, overseer of physicians; lintel and drum lintel of Redienptah and his wife Iymeryt, Redienptah identified as [rx nswt jmj-r wpt n sAb jmj-r wpt n pr-aA smr pr-aA] royal acquaintance, companion of the Great House, overseer of commissions of the judiciary, overseer of commissions of the Great House; both found by W.M.F. Petrie in tomb of Redienptah (see Petrie, Gizeh and Rifeh, pp. 8-9, pl. VIIa).

Modern People