Setjhekenet

Setjhekenet is referred to as “the king's acquaintances” on her sacrificial plate. Nothing more can be determined about them.

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The grave complex (G 1227) was excavated in 1904 by George Andrew Reisner . It comes from the later Cheops period ( 4th dynasty ). The simple, uncovered mastaba contained a chapel made of mud bricks in the extension to the east, which was changed several times. Another chapel was built in the annex in the north, probably from a later period. It is referred to as G 1228 by George Andrew Reisner. The mastaba contained a grave shaft with a coffin chamber. Neither a sarcophagus nor traces of a burial were found. A sacrificial plaque was found in situ in the western wall of the cult chamber , which has a special feature: the face of the grave owner was deliberately destroyed. The idmy falcons above the fabric list have also been carefully chiseled away. The header with the name and title of the Setjhekenet was retained. Peter Der Manuelian considers it very likely that this is a Damnatio memoriae . That would also explain that no traces of a burial could be found. The sacrificial plate is in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo (JE 37726). It is currently on display in the National Museum of Port Said (P 4802).

literature

George Andrew Reisner : A History of the Giza Necropolis. Volume 1. Harvard University Press, Cambridge 1942, pp. 191, 407-408 ( PDF file; 249 MB ); Retrieved from Digital Giza - The Giza Project at Harvard University .
Bertha Porter , Rosalind LB Moss , Ethel W. Burney: Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings. Volume III: Memphis. Part 1: Abû Rawâsh to Abûṣîr. 2nd edition, revised and expanded by Jaromír Málek . The Clarendon Press / Griffith Institute / Ashmolean Museum , Oxford 1974, p. 60 ( PDF file; 19.5 MB ); Retrieved from The Digital Topographical Bibliography .
Peter Der Manuelian (Ed.): Slab Stelae of the Giza Necropolis. Publications of the Pennsylvania-Yale Expedition to Egypt. Volume 7. Peabody Museum of Natural History at Yale University / University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archeology and Anthropology , New Haven / Philadelphia 2003, ISBN 0-9740025-1-8 , pp. 64-68 ( PDF file; 56.6 MB ); Retrieved from Digital Giza .

Web links

Digital Giza: Setjihekenet (G 1227)

Individual evidence

↑ George Andrew Reisner (see literature).
↑ Bertha Porter and Rosalind LB Moss p. 60 (see literature).
↑ Peter Der Manuelian (see literature).

personal data
SURNAME	Setjhekenet
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Acquaintances of the king
DATE OF BIRTH	3rd millennium BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	3rd millennium BC Chr.

[1] George Andrew Reisner (see literature).

[2] Bertha Porter and Rosalind LB Moss p. 60 (see literature).

[3] Peter Der Manuelian (see literature).