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The Minor Cemetery at Giza, Unpublished Manuscript, Chapter V: Chamber of Sneferu-hotep, p.006

Diary Transcription:

Unpublished manuscript transcription: begin page 6

S wall
1. Vertical row of four servants bearing [GLYPH], leg of ox, goose, [GLYPH] (covered cup)
2. Central panel destroyed. in centre [GLYPHS]
3. Vertical column. [GLYPHS] great purifying priest, royal scribe, acquaintence of the king.
4. [GLYPHS]
5. Horizontal inscription [GLYPHS]
May the king give an offering as [?] Anubis, 1000 of all good things daily
6. Seated figure of owner, [illegible] through ear, neck, waist, top of chair, knee. Facing left right hand outstretched to table of
Below:
[GLYPHS]
1000 loaves of bread, 1000 jugs of beer, 1000 head of cattle, 1000 geese, 1000 [illegible] of clothes, 1000 4 ply linen.

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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    Documentation-Unpublished manuscripts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.