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Hepetweser

Western Cemetery

Details

  • Tomb Owner
    Hepetweser (Hepetweser)
  • Excavator
    Hermann Junker, German, 1877–1962
  • Junker No
    S 4248/4321
  • PorterMoss Date
    Late Old Kingdom
  • Site Type
    Mud-brick mastaba
  • Shafts
    S 4248; S 4318; S 4321
  • Remarks
    Porter-Moss III gives no name for owner, and hence calls it S 4248/4321. Junker calls the owner Hepetweser. Mastaba is south of Nebetpedju and Menib, west of S 4189/4191 and west of G 4851.

Finds 1

Maps & Plans 1

Published Documents 3

Full Bibliography

  • Junker, Hermann. Gîza 9. Das Mittelfeld des Westfriedhofs. Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien Philosophisch-historische Klasse Denkschriften 73, Abhandlung 2. Vienna: Rudolph M. Rohrer, 1950, pp. 214-216, figs. 1, 98, pls. 2 [b], 4 [c], plan 3 after pl. 20.

    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. 104, plan 13.

    Sethe, Kurt. Urkunden des Alten Reichs. Erster Band. Urkunden des Ägyptischen Altertums Abteilung 1, Hft. 1-4. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung, 1903-1933, p. 229 [5 (145) L].

People 2

Ancient People

  • Hepetweser (Hepetweser)

    • Type Tomb Owner
    • Remarks Offering basin (Hildesheim 3172), inscribed [jr.n=f nw Hr jmAHt (sic) sA=f Hptwsr] he made this on behalf of the honored one, his son Hepetweser; found in situ in mastaba of Hepetweser (S 4248/4321).

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.