Medunefer (Giza G 4630)
Medunufer was an ancient Egyptian priest who lived in the Old Kingdom. Medunefer is only known from his mastaba in Giza excavated by Ernesto Schiaparelli in 1903 and later again by George Reisner.
In Medunufer's stone build mastaba tomb was found his false door providing his name and titles. Medunefer titles include lector priest, scribe of the god's book and sema-priest of Anubis. On the false door are mentioned two wivesː Nubka and Tjenetet. Several children are depicted. His son Ankhires reports that he made the false door for his father. There is the short statement on the false doorː His eldest son Ankhires, he says: I did that for my father. Within the mastaba, Ankhires had also an own false door. Ankhires himself had several titles similar to his father including scribe of the god's book and lector priest.
Literature
- Silvio Curtoː, Gli Scavi Italiani a el-Ghiza . Rome: Centro Per Le Antichitá E La Storia Dell'Arte del Vicino Oriente, 1963, pp. 78-82
- Porter, Bertha and Moss, Rosalind L. B., Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings. Volume III. Memphis. Part I. Abû Rawâsh to Abûṣîr. 2nd edition, revised and augmented by Jaromír Málek, The Clarendon Press, Oxford 1974. pp. 133-134, 29.5 MB Retrieved August 26, 2024.