Ptahchenu

Ptahchenu was the overseer in the Pharaoh's palace . His wife's name has not been preserved.

His grave

The stone mastaba (G 2004) in the west cemetery in the Giza necropolis dates from the middle of the 5th dynasty . It was excavated in 1905 by George Andrew Reisner . A number of names appear in the tomb that are not related to Ptahchenu. This can be explained by the fact that a number of components from other graves were used in the construction of the mastaba . Three false doors from other graves can be traced: the false door of Iteti, parts of the false door of Iriene (G 2033) and the false door of Ysh. The mastaba contained several grave shafts. In the grave chamber of shaft A 2, a stone coffin with a skeleton was found carved into the rock. In the serdab of the burial chapel stood the very well-preserved, colored double statue of Ptahchenu and his wife. The name and official title of Ptahchenu and the name of his wife were recorded on the base plate, but the latter has been destroyed. The double statue is now in the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston (MFA 06.1876). Iteti's false door, on which two women and two daughters are named, is also kept there (MFA 061888).

literature

W. St. Smith: Ancient Egypt , Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 1960, p. 33 f. Illustration and description in MFA Highlights: Arts of Ancient Egypt , Boston 2003, p. 88 f.
Bertha Porter and Rosalind LB Moss : Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs and Paintings, III: Memphis , second edition, Oxford, Clarendon Press 1974, pp. 64, 67.
George Andrew Reisner : A History of the Giza Necropolis, Vol. I . Harvard University Press , Harvard 1942, p. 286, fig. 184.
Oric Bates: Sculptures from the Excavation at Gizeh 1905-1906 , Bulletin of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 5, No. 26 (1907), pp. 20 f.

Web link

Wikipedia: Giza Necropolis

Individual evidence

↑ George Andrew Reisner : A History of the Giza Necropolis, Vol. I , 1942 (see literature) and Oric Bates: Sculptures from the Excavation at Gizeh 1905-1906 (see literature).

[1] George Andrew Reisner : A History of the Giza Necropolis, Vol. I , 1942 (see literature) and Oric Bates: Sculptures from the Excavation at Gizeh 1905-1906 (see literature).