Details

• ID

  RPM_1962

• Department

  Roemer- und Pelizaeus-Museum, Hildesheim

• Classification

  Sculpture

• Findspot

  G 4000, N serdab

• Material

  Tura limestone

• Dimensions

  155.5 x 61.5 x 104.7 cm

• Credit Line

  Roemer- und Pelizaeus-Museum, Hildesheim

• Period

  Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4, reign of Khufu

• Excavator

  Hermann Junker, German, 1877–1962

• Owner

  Hemiunu (G 4000)

• Object owned by

  Roemer- und Pelizaeus-Museum, Hildesheim

• Remarks

  RELATED CONSTITUENT(S): Hemiunu (G 4000), Hermann Junker; RELATED SITE(S): G 4000

Tombs and Monuments1

• 

  G 4000

  • Site NameWestern Cemetery

Published Documents2

• Martin-Pardey, Eva.Grabbeigaben, Nachträge und Ergänzungen. Corpus Antiquitatum Aegyptiacarum. Pelizaeus-Museum Hildesheim, Lieferung 6. Mainz am Rhein: Philipp von Zabern, 1991.
  

  • Date: 1991
• Smith, William Stevenson. "The Old Kingdom in Egypt,"The Cambridge Ancient History, rev. ed. of vols. I & II, Cambridge University Press, 1962, pp. 3-72.
  

  • Date: 1962

Full Bibliography

• Martin-Pardey, Eva. Grabbeigaben, Nachträge und Ergänzungen. Corpus Antiquitatum Aegyptiacarum. Pelizaeus-Museum Hildesheim, Lieferung 6. Mainz am Rhein: Philipp von Zabern, 1991, pp. 126-134.

  Smith, William Stevenson. "The Old Kingdom in Egypt," The Cambridge Ancient History, rev. ed. of vols. I & II, Cambridge University Press, 1962, pp. 24, 64.

People 2

Ancient People

• 

  Hemiunu (G 4000)

  • TypeOwner
  • RemarksOwner of G 4000. Probable son of Nefermaat (owner of tomb at Meidum), probable grandson of Snefru. Architectural elements, including chapel entrance lintel (Hildesheim 2380) and door jamb (Hildesheim 2146), inscribed for Hemiunu, identified as [jrj-pat HAtj-a xtmw-bjtj] hereditary prince, count, sealer of the king of Lower Egypt; door jamb found in situ in G 4000. Seated statue (Hildesheim 1962) inscribed for Hemiunu, identified as [sA nswt n XT=f tAjtj sAb TAtj wr djw pr-DHwtj] king's son of his body, chief justice and vizier, greatest of the five of the House of Thoth; found in situ in G 4000 serdab behind north niche.

Modern People

• 

  Hermann Junker

  • TypeExcavator
  • Nationality & DatesGerman, 1877–1962
  • RemarksEgyptologist, 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.

Institutions1

• Roemer- und Pelizaeus-Museum, Hildesheim

  • TypeObject owned by