Iabtet

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Iabtet in hieroglyphics
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Replacement head of the Iabtet from her grave in Giza; Roemer and Pelizaeus Museum Hildesheim

Iabtet (also Jabtet ) was a princess of the ancient Egyptian 4th Dynasty .

Origin and family

The exact classification of Iabtet within the royal family of the 4th dynasty is unclear. Due to the location and the architecture of her grave, Hermann Junker assumed that Pharaoh Chephren was her father. No husband or children of Iabtet is known. A Kapunesut, called Kai, who is mentioned in inscriptions in the tomb of the Iabtet, does not seem to have been a relative, but an employee in her death cult.

title

Iabtet had the following titles: King's daughter, natural King's daughter, beloved natural King's daughter, owner of the provision of the Great God.

tomb

Iabtet was buried in the mastaba G 4650 in the west cemetery of the necropolis of Giza . A false door for Iabtet that had been set up by Kapunesut was found in the burial chapel . A so-called replacement head was discovered in the burial chamber , which represents a comparatively realistic portrait of the deceased. It is now in the Roemer and Pelizaeus Museum in Hildesheim (Inv.-No. 2384).

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 , p. 402 ( PDF; 16.7 MB ).
  • Hermann Junker : Giza I. The mastabas of the IV dynasty in the Westfriedhof. Hölder-Pichler-Tempsky, Vienna / Leipzig 1929, pp. 216–227 ( PDF; 26.1 MB ).
  • Bertha Porter , Rosalind LB Moss : Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs and Paintings. Volume III: Memphis. Part 1. Abu Rawash to Abusir. 2nd Edition. Oxford University Press, Oxford 1974, pp. 134-135 ( PDF; 19.5 MB ).

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Hermann Junker: Giza I. The mastabas of the IV dynasty in the Westfriedhof. 1929, p. 223.
  2. ^ Hermann Junker: Giza I. The mastabas of the IV dynasty in the Westfriedhof. 1929, pp. 219, 223.
  3. ^ Michel Baud: Famille royale et pouvoir sous l'Ancien Empire égyptien. Tome 2. 1999, p. 402.
personal data
SURNAME Iabtet
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jabs
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Princess of the ancient Egyptian 4th Dynasty
DATE OF BIRTH 26th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 26th century BC BC or 25th century BC Chr.