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Cemetery G 4000: G 4651, Kapunisut Kai, chapel, W wall, relief between false doors (upper part of standing figures of Kai and his wife Wekhetka), looking W

ID: KHM_AEOS_II_3031-32
Department: Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 4651
Photographer: Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

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Kapunisut Kai (G 4651 and G 1741)

Owner of G 4651 and G 1741. Architectural elements (in G 4651), including chapel entrance lintel and drum lintel, and north and south false doors inscribed for Kai; also appears (in G 4651) in chapel relief, west and south walls, and chapel entrance north and south door jambs, and chapel facade (panels of relief on either side of chapel entrance), identified as [rx nswt sS a nswt jmj-r Hmw-kA jmj-r prw mswt nswt wab nswt sAb sS aprw] royal acquaintance, royal document scribe, overseer of ka-priests, overseer of the houses of the king's children, royal wab-priest, juridicial scribe of the crews; in situ in G 4651. Also appears (in G 4650) on false door inscribed for Iabtet (owner of G 4650), lower north and south inner jambs, identified as [rx nswt jmj-r Hmw-kA nb jmAx kAj] royal acquaintance, overseer of ka-priests, possessor of reverence, Kai; in situ in G 4650. Architectural elements (in G 1741) inscribed for Kai; also seated group statue (Cairo JE 99128) inscribed for Kai and two of his children, Nefretankh and Shepseska; Kai identified as [sAb sS sqd n wjA] juridicial scribe, rower of a boat); found in situ in G 1741 serdab.

Type: Individual - Ancient
Gender: Male
Also Known As: Alternate spelling:Kapunesut Kai, Alternate spelling:Kai, Alternate spelling:Kay, Alternate spelling:Kaipunisut, Manuel de Codage:kAp[w]nswt kAj, Alternate spelling:Kapunisuwt Kai
Remarks: Owner of G 4651 and G 1741. Architectural elements (in G 4651), including chapel entrance lintel and drum lintel, and north and south false doors inscribed for Kai; also appears (in G 4651) in chapel relief, west and south walls, and chapel entrance north and south door jambs, and chapel facade (panels of relief on either side of chapel entrance), identified as [rx nswt sS a nswt jmj-r Hmw-kA jmj-r prw mswt nswt wab nswt sAb sS aprw] royal acquaintance, royal document scribe, overseer of ka-priests, overseer of the houses of the king's children, royal wab-priest, juridicial scribe of the crews; in situ in G 4651. Also appears (in G 4650) on false door inscribed for Iabtet (owner of G 4650), lower north and south inner jambs, identified as [rx nswt jmj-r Hmw-kA nb jmAx kAj] royal acquaintance, overseer of ka-priests, possessor of reverence, Kai; in situ in G 4650. Architectural elements (in G 1741) inscribed for Kai; also seated group statue (Cairo JE 99128) inscribed for Kai and two of his children, Nefretankh and Shepseska; Kai identified as [sAb sS sqd n wjA] juridicial scribe, rower of a boat); found in situ in G 1741 serdab.

IIIF manifest: https://giza-web2.rc.fas.harvard.edu/manifests/ancientpeople-652

11 of 24 • Cemetery G 4000: G 4651, Kapunisut Kai, chapel, W wall, relief between false doors (upper part of standing figures of Kai and his wife Wekhetka), looking W

Cemetery G 4000: G 4651, Kapunisut Kai, chapel, W wall, relief between false doors (standing figures of Kai, his wife Wekhetka) and S false door inscribed for Kai (S jamb: his son Tjenti; N jamb: Nefretankh) and panel of relief to S (upper register: his son Nisutku; lower register: ka-priest Nefershemem), looking SW

Cemetery G 4000: G 4651, Kapunisut Kai, chapel entrance, N door jamb, relief (seated figure of Kai, accompanied by his son Hesyre and his daughter Neferi), looking NW

Cemetery G 4000: G 4651, Kapunisut Kai, chapel entrance, S door jamb, relief (seated figures of Kai and his wife Wekhetka), looking SE

Cemetery G 4000: G 4651, Kapunisut Kai, chapel, W wall, panel of relief above (Kai seated at offering table) and upper lintel of S false door, looking W

Cemetery G 4000: G 4651, Kapunisut Kai, chapel, W wall, S false door inscribed for Kai (detail, upper part, tablet and crossbar = lower lintel), and panel of relief to S (top register, standing figure of Kai's son Nisutku), looking W

Cemetery G 4000: G 4651, Kapunisut Kai, chapel, W wall, relief between false doors (upper part of standing figures of Kai and his wife Wekhetka), looking W

Cemetery G 4000: G 4651, Kapunisut Kai, chapel, W wall, relief between false doors (upper part of standing figure of Kai), looking W

Cemetery G 4000: G 4651, Kapunisut Kai, chapel, W wall, N false door inscribed for Kai (detail, upper part, tablet and crossbar = lower lintel), looking W

Cemetery G 4000: G 4651, Kapunisut Kai, chapel, W wall, N false door (detail, upper part, tablet and crossbar = lower lintel), looking W

Cemetery G 4000: G 4651, Kapunisut Kai, chapel, W wall, S false door inscribed for Kai (detail, upper part, tablet and crossbar = lower lintel), looking W

Cemetery G 4000: G 4651, Kapunisut Kai, chapel, S wall, relief (figure of Kai seated at offering table) and inscription (compartment offering list), looking S