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MQ 3

Menkaure Quarry Cemetery

Details

  • Tomb Owner
    Menkaure-ankh (MQ 3)
  • Attested
    Ankhnebef (in MQ 3)
  • Excavator
    George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942
  • PorterMoss Date
    Dynasty 5-6
  • Site Type
    Rock-cut tomb

Published Documents 1

Full Bibliography

  • Porter, Bertha, and Rosalind L.B. Moss. Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings 3: Memphis (Abû Rawâsh to Dahshûr). Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1931. 2nd edition. 3: Memphis, Part 1 (Abû Rawâsh to Abûsîr), revised and augmented by Jaromír Málek. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1974, p. 294.

People 3

Ancient People

  • Ankhnebef (in MQ 3)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Wife of Menkaure-ankh (owner of MQ 3).

  • Menkaure-ankh (MQ 3)

    • Type Tomb Owner
    • Remarks Owner of MQ 3. Possibly same individual as Menkaure-ankh, son of Setju (owner of Lepsius 93).

Modern People

  • George Andrew Reisner

    • Type Excavator
    • Nationality & Dates American, 1867–1942
    • Remarks Egyptologist, archaeologist; Referred to as "the doctor" and "mudir" (Arabic for "director") in the excavation records. Nationality and life dates from Who was Who in Egyptology.