Anchhaf

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Anchhaf in hieroglyphics
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Anchhaf
ˁnḫ ḥ3 = f
life is behind him
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Bust of Anchhaf in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Anchhaf was a prince of the ancient Egyptian 4th Dynasty and a son of Pharaoh Sneferu . During the reign of Cheops and Chephren he held the office of vizier and was thus the highest official after the king. Anchhaf was married to his sister or half-sister Hetepheres.

Anchhaf was involved in the construction of the Great Pyramid . He is called Jarf B in the papyris and was therefore head of Ra-schi-Chufu , the port near the pyramid where the stone transports for the pyramid arrived.

Anchhaf owns the Mastaba G 7510 in the east cemetery of the Great Pyramid in Giza . It is the largest private grave on the entire plateau. In the sacrificial chapel, in addition to fragments of a scribe statue made of diorite and other objects, a bust of Anchhaf made of painted limestone was found, which is now in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston . Despite its size, the mastaba has only one grave shaft. Anchhaf's wife Hetepheres is mentioned on some relief fragments, but she was buried in a previously unknown location.

literature

  • Michel Baud : Famille royale et pouvoir sous l'Ancien Empire égyptien. Tome 2 (= Bibliothèque d'Étude. Volume 126/2). Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale, Cairo 1999, ISBN 2-7247-0250-6 , pp. 424–425 ( PDF; 16.7 MB ).
  • Aidan Dodson , Dyan Hilton: The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt . The American University in Cairo Press, London 2004, ISBN 977-424-878-3 , pp. 52-61.
  • Dows Dunham : The Portrait Bust of Prince Ankh-haf . In: Bulletin of the Museum of Fine Arts. (BMFA) Volume 37, No. 221, Boston, June 1939, pp. 42-46 ( PDF; 1.1 MB ).
  • Bertha Porter , Rosalind LB Moss : Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs and Paintings. Volume III: Memphis. 2nd Edition. Oxford University Press, Oxford 1974, p. 196 ( PDF; 30.5 MB ).
  • George Andrew Reisner : A History of the Giza Necropolis. Volume I. Harvard University Press, Harvard 1942, p. 41, Figure 8 ( PDF; 249.8 MB ).
  • George Andrew Reisner, William Stevenson Smith: A History of the Giza Necropolis. Volume II: The Tomb of Hetep-Heres the Mother of Cheops. Harvard University Press, Harvard 1955, p. 11, Figure 10 ( PDF; 76.9 MB ).

Web links

Commons : Anchhaf  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Pierre Tallet: Les papyrus de la Mer Ruge I, Le << Journal de Merer >> (Papyrus Jarf A et B). (= Mémoires publiés par les membres de l'Institut Français d'archéologie orientale du Caire. [MIFAO] Volume 136) Institut français d'archéologie orientale, Cairo 2017, ISBN 978-2-7247-0706-9 , p. 63 and 66.
  2. ^ B. Porter, RLB Moss: Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs and Paintings. Volume III: Memphis. Oxford 1974, p. 190.
  3. ↑ D. Dunham: The Portrait Bust of Prince Ankh-haf. Boston 1939.
  4. ^ GA Reisner, WS Smith: A History of the Giza Necropolis. Volume II: The Tomb of Hetep-Heres the Mother of Cheops. Harvard 1955, p. 11, Figure 10.
personal data
SURNAME Anchhaf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION ancient egyptian prince
DATE OF BIRTH 26th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 26th century BC Chr.