Horbaef

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Horbaef in hieroglyphics
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Horbaef (Baefhor)
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Horbaef (according to another reading Baefhor ) was a prince of the ancient Egyptian 4th dynasty . His family connections have not been fully clarified. He was probably a son of Pharaoh Cheops and married to Meresanch II , who was probably his sister. His son Djati and a daughter named Neferetkau are attested as children of Horbaef .

His grave

Sarcophagus of Horbaef in the Cairo Egyptian Museum

Horbaef most likely owns the mastaba G 7420 in the east cemetery of the Great Pyramid of Cheops . In addition to some relief fragments, a small wooden female statuette was found in this grave complex, which dates from the 6th Dynasty . The mastaba was assigned to Horbaef because of a large sarcophagus made of rose granite , which is now in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo and gives his name. The exact location of this sarcophagus was not noted during the excavation. Due to its enormous size, the mastaba G 7420 is the only plausible place of origin, since all other mastabas in question have a burial chamber that is too small.

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. 520-521 ( 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.
  • Bertha Porter , Rosalind LB Moss: Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs and Paintings. III. Memphis . 2nd Edition. Oxford University Press, Oxford 1974, p. 194 ( PDF; 30.5 MB ).
  • George Andrew Reisner : A History of the Giza Necropolis. Volume I . Harvard University Press, Harvard 1942, p. 168 ( PDF; 249.8 MB ).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Porter / Moss, Volume 3, p. 194
  2. ^ Reisner, Giza Necropolis I, p. 168
personal data
SURNAME Horbaef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION ancient egyptian prince
DATE OF BIRTH 27th century BC BC or 26th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 26th century BC Chr.