Hemetre

This article is about the princess of the 4th Dynasty. For the princess of the same name at the transition from the 5th to the 6th dynasty, see Hemetre Hemi .

Hemetre in hieroglyphics
Hemetre Ḥm.t-Rˁ servant of Re

Floor plan of the tomb of Hemetre

Hemetre was an ancient Egyptian princess commonly assigned to the 4th Dynasty . Her parents are not known beyond doubt, but due to the location of her grave, she is usually mistaken for a daughter of Pharaoh Chephren . Three sons and three daughters are known from depictions in her grave, but the name of her husband cannot be determined with certainty.

tomb

Hemetre heard of a rock tomb on Central Field in Giza . It consists of two main rooms, which were originally separated from each other by a double-leaf wooden door. In the eastern room there are four pillars, which are decorated with reliefs, which show Hemetre together with her children and offerers.

Andrey Bolshakov subjected the grave to a detailed analysis in the early 1990s and came to the conclusion that it must have been built in several phases. In his opinion, the tomb was built in the 4th Dynasty and was originally undecorated. He dates the expansion, decoration and final use of the tomb to the end of the 5th dynasty . Thus, the assignment of the Hemetre as the daughter of Chephren is now very uncertain.

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. 517-519 ( PDF; 16.7 MB ).
• Aidan Dodson , Dyan Hilton: The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt . The American University in Cairo Press, London 2004, pp. 52-61, ISBN 977-424-878-3
• Selim Hassan : Excavations at Giza . Vol. 6, Oxford / Cairo 1932-1960, pp. 43–65
• Peter Jánosi : Giza in the 4th dynasty. The building history and occupancy of a necropolis in the Old Kingdom. Volume I: The mastabas of the core cemeteries and the rock graves . Publishing house of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 2005, pp. 418–422 ISBN 3700132441 , ( PDF; 8.9 MB )
• Bertha Porter , Rosalind LB Moss : Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs and Paintings. III. Memphis . 2nd Edition. Oxford University Press, Oxford 1974, pp. 243–244 ( PDF 30.5 MB )