Itjer
Eastern Cemetery
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- Tomb Owner
- Itjer (Itjer)
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- Excavator
- Ernesto Schiaparelli, Italian, 1856–1928
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- Attested
- Pernefret (in Itjer)
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- PorterMoss Date
- Dynasty 5-6
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- Site Type
- Rock-cut tomb
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- Remarks
- Exact location of this rock-cut tomb excavated by Schiaparelli in 1903 is unknown.
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- Problems/Questions
- Problem; Position unknown.
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Limesone false door lintel of Itjer
- TUR_S.1865/1
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Limestone false door tablet of Itjer
- TUR_S.1849
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Ballerini, Notizia, pp. 65-66 note 1.
Curto, Silvio. Gli Scavi Italiani a el-Ghiza (1903). Rome: Centro Per Le Antichitá E La Storia Dell'Arte del Vicino Oriente, 1993, pp. 31-33, pl. III.
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. 215-216.
Ancient People
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- Type Tomb Owner
- Remarks Owner of mastaba of Itjer (unnumbered mastaba, location unknown). False door tablet (Turin S.1849) inscribed for Itjer, identified as [rx nswt] royal acquaintance; lintel (Turin S.1865/1) inscribed for Itjer, identified as [rx nswt sHD nfrw jmj-r pr] royal acquaintance, inspector of recruits, steward; fragment of lintel(?) (Turin S.1865/2) inscribed for Itjer, identified as [jmj-r pr] steward; Schiaparelli excavations, find spot(s) unknown.
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- Type Attested
- Remarks Wife of Itjer (owner of mastaba of Itjer, unnumbered mastaba, location unknown). Appears on north flange of false door tablet (Turin S.1849) inscribed for Itjer; Pernefret identified as [rxt nswt Hm-nTr Nt] royal acquaintance, priestess of Neith; Schiaparelli excavations, find spot unknown.
Modern People
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- Type Excavator
- Nationality & Dates Italian, 1856–1928
- Remarks Turin University; Egyptologist. Nationality and life dates from Who was Who in Egyptology.