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The Minor Cemetery at Giza, Unpublished Manuscript, Chapter V: Chamber of Sneferu-hotep, pp.145-146 (alternate version)

Diary Transcription:

Unpublished manuscript transcription: begin page 145-146 (alternate version)

Sneferu-hetep [inscriptions from E wall]
(18) "...chief...of the works of fields."

(19) "...superior libation priest of the pyramid Kha-(Sneferu)."

(20) "...(supervisor of) the mysteries of his god."

(21) ".....lord of reverence....beloved(?) of his lord."

(22) "...Sneferu-Hetep."

South Wall
(2) "...(Sneferu)-hetep."

(3) "....superior libation priest of the pyramid (Kha-Sneferu), royal scribe, acquaintance of the King."

West Wall
(6) "May the King give (an offering)........give...to him....., superior libation priest of the pyramid Kha-Sneferu, (aquaintance) of the King, great one of the "Ten of the South,' Sneferu-Hetep."

End of page 145-146

Details

  • Classification
    Documentation-Unpublished manuscripts
  • Department
    University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology
  • Credit Line
    University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology
  • Author
    Clarence Stanley Fisher, American, 1876–1941
  • Mentioned on page
    Sneferuhetep (G 3008)

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 3008

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

Published Documents 1

People 2

Ancient People

  • Sneferuhetep (G 3008)

    • Type Mentioned on page
    • Remarks Owner of G 3008. South false door inscribed for Sneferuhetep, also appears in chapel wall painting, east, south, and west walls, identified as [rx nswt sS nswt sHD wabw xa-snfrw wr mDw Sma Hrj-sStA n nTr=f Hrj-sStA m kAt sxt] royal acquaintance, royal scribe, inspector of wab-priests of the pyramid of Snefru, great one of the tens of Upper Egypt, secretary of his god, secretary of works in the field; in situ in G 3008. Fragment of door jamb (UPM_E13543) inscribed for Sneferuhetep, identified as [rx nswt] royal acquaintance; found in debris of shaft G 3008 C, originally from door to offering room.

Modern People

  • Clarence Stanley Fisher

    • Type Author
    • Nationality & Dates American, 1876–1941
    • Remarks Archaeologist and architect. Nationality and life dates from Who was Who in Egyptology.