Senenuka

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Senenuka , also called Keki, was head of the pyramid city of Cheops , royal scribe, head of the Wab priests , royal acquaintance. His wife's name was Iti, who is also known as a royal acquaintance. His two daughters were named Nubheset and Akhetemhenut.

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It is a narrow mastaba from the 4th dynasty (G 2041), which is right next to the large mastaba of Nefer (G 2110). It was excavated in 1905 by George Andrew Reisner . Only a relief consisting of nine fragments from the west wall of the burial chapel, which is now in the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston (MFA 11.100, 11.1001 and 1103-1105), has survived. Between two unfinished false doors can be seen on a relief Senenuka front of an offering table. Similar to Nefer, he is represented quite individually. He has a big nose, bulging lips and a double chin. Another relief shows Senenuka with his wife in front of a sacrificial table. The southern false door shows the daughter Akhetemnut standing. Presumably Senenuka is identical to one of the scribes who are named on Nefers relief (MFA Boston 07.1002). At least that was already suspected by Reisner and then by Peter Der Manuelian , who points out that there is also a small grave complex (G 2151) right next to his mastaba at Kanefer (G 2150), which belonged to a Ptahwer, overseer of the capers, who worked in the Kanefer's grave is mentioned several times. A number of these large mastabas are surrounded by small tombs. So in many cases, like Senenuka or Ptahwer, they were followers of the grave owner.

literature

  • George Andrew Reisner : A History of the Giza Necropolis III , Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Appendix L: Cemetery G 2000: Part 1: G 2001 – G 2087, p. 013.
  • Peter Der Manuelian: A re-examination of Reisner's Nucleus cemetry concept at Giza. Preliminary remarks on Cemetry G 2100 , in: Miroslav Barta (Ed.): The Old Kingdom Art and Archeology. Proceedings of the Conference held in Prague , 2004, p. 229.
  • Bertha Porter and Rosalind LB Moss : Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs and Paintings, III, Memphis , second edition, Oxford, Clarendon Press 1974, p. 59.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ George Andrew Reisner (see literature).
  2. ↑ Peter Der Manuelian (see literature).