Sarcophagus of Khufudjedef
Red granite sarcophagus, inscribed for [sA nswt] king's son Khufudjedef
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- ID
- EMC_JE_53149
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- Department
- Egyptian Museum, Cairo
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- Classification
- Tomb equipment-Coffins and sarcophagi
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- Findspot
- Mastaba IV, Shaft 68
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- Material
- Red granite
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- Dimensions
- Height (with lid) 110.5 cm; Width 101 cm; Length 286 cm
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- Credit Line
- Egyptian Museum, Cairo
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- Cairo Special Register number
- EMC_SR_2/14801
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- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4, reign of Menkaure
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- Excavator
- Hermann Junker, German, 1877–1962
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- Owner
- Khufudjedef (Mastaba IV)
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- Object owned by
- Egyptian Museum, Cairo
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- Notes
- From excavations of Hermann Junker, 1928-1929.
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- Remarks
- ALTERNATE NUMBER(S): EMC_SR_2/_14801; RELATED CONSTITUENT(S): Khufudjedef (Mastaba IV), Hermann Junker; RELATED SITE(S): Mastaba IV; RELATED MEDIA: o_neg_nr_0076
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- Site Name G I-South Cemetery
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Junker, Hermann. Gîza 10. Der Friedhof südlich der Cheopspyramide: Westteil. Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien Philosophisch-historische Klasse Denkschriften 74, Abhandlung 1. Vienna: Rudolph M. Rohrer, 1951, pp. 62-63, figs. 28-29, pls. 11, 12a.
Ancient People
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- Type Owner
- Remarks Owner of Mastaba IV. Appears in chapel relief (south wall, and name partially preserved on fragment from elsewhere in chapel), identified as [Hrj-wDbw nswt] master of royal reversion-offerings; south wall in situ in Mastaba IV interior chapel. Red granite sarcophagus (Cairo JE 53149) inscribed for Khufudjedef, identified as [sA nswt] king's son; found in situ in Mastaba IV shaft S 68 burial chamber.
Modern People
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- Type Excavator
- Nationality & Dates German, 1877–1962
- Remarks Egyptologist, Director of German-Austrian expedition to Giza, 1911–1929. Published 12 volumes of final excavation reports from Giza expedition. Nationality and life dates from Who was Who in Egyptology.
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- Type Object owned by