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Ownership of the Mastabas

The names of many owners seem to be established as follows.

Great Mastabas
1) G 7110 + G 7120 [TRANSLITERATION] [Kawab] eldest son of Khufu (and wife(?))
2) G 7130 [TRANSLITERATION] [Khufukhaf I] son of Khufu
3) G 7210 + G 7220 [TRANSLITERATION] [Hordjedef] son of Khufu (and wife)
4) G 7230 __
5) G 7310 + G 7320 possibly [TRANSLITERATION] [... Hetepheres] daughter of Khufu (page 97 Diary)
6) G 7330 __
7) G 7410 + G 7420 [TRANSLITERATION] [Meresankh II] daughter of Khufu and wife (?) of Khafre
8) ? G 7420 (probably part of twin meant for Khafre, unused)
9) G 7430 [TRANSLITERATION] [Minkhaf] son of Khufu
10) G 7510 [TRANSLITERATION] [Hetepheres] eldest daughter of Khufu and her husband [TRANSLITERATION] [Ankh-haf]
11) G 7710 (really rock cut)

Small mastabas
12) G 7101 [TRANSLITERATION] [Qar]
13) G 7102 [TRANSLITERATION] [Idu]
14) G 7211 [TRANSLITERATION] [Kaemankh, Kha]
15) G 7332 [= G 7333] [TRANSLITERATION] [Tjetju, Ptahneferdjed] [number G 7332 later reassigned to tomb G 7331+7332, in street G 7300, abutting E face of G 7330; this G 7332 = G 7333]
16) G 7431 [sic! G 7432] [TRANSLITERATION] [Qar]
17) G 7521 [TRANSLITERATION] [Nihetep-ptah Hepi]
18) G 7523 [TRANSLITERATION] [Sedaf Iby]
19) G 7631 [TRANSLITERATION] [Ninefer]

Rock cut tombs
20) G 7215 D1 [TRANSLITERATION] [Bendjet] [possibly same as Bendjyt in G 7101/Bendjet in G 7102]
21) G 7710 [TRANSLITERATION] [Iby]

The tomb of [TRANSLITERATION] [Khufukhaf I] cannot be very far from G 7130 where, in pit X, was found a fragment belonging to him. [TRANSLITERATION] [Minankh] is probably also near, possibly in G 7230 (?) for a fragment of his came from the same site.
It is noteworthy that all the named mastabas of the original grouping of streets belonged to sons and daughters of Khufu and their consorts, and that none seem to have belonged only to prominent or powerful officials.
The family of Khufu now appears as

[ILLUSTRATION/TRANSLITERATION]

Petrie (Hist. 1, 64) takes [TRANSLITERATION] [Minkhaf] as a son of Khafre although his tomb is in the Khufu Cemetery.
The name of [GLYPHS] [TRANSLITERATION] [Ankhtifi] occurs with the portrait of a girl [male] child on a relief fragment in the interior chapel of G 7510, named "his daughter." [son]

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Details

ID
HUMFA_Vol.13.p.305
Alternate IDs
HUMFA_Vol.13.p.305; Vol.13.p.305
Department
Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification
Documentation-Expedition diary pages
Entry Date
04/06/1925
Title
Vol.13.p.305
Credit Line
Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition

Tombs and Monuments 18

Photos 1

Ancient People 24

Modern People 1