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Vol.06.p.009

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Diary Transcription:

microfilm: West diary, begin page 9

January 7, 1913 (continued)

[Menkuare quarry cemetery (continued)]
The object of this is not clear to me. It lies close to the surface.
[MQ 130]
Directly under this quarry cut, on the next quarry level, a large offering chamber was disclosed, with two niches.
[ILLUSTRATION]
(1) = the lower course of this wall (?) is of the native rock - gebel.
The chamber is entirely cut out of the rock.
On the door casing is a long inscription, divided into three lines, so: [ILLUSTRATION] The door lintel is also inscribed.
Line (1): [GLYPHS] [... Ankhnebef]
Line (2): [GLYPHS]

microfilm: West diary, end page 9

Details

  • Classification
    Documentation-Expedition diary pages
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Display Page Dates
    01/07/1913
  • Mentioned on page
    Ankhnebef (MQ 130)
  • Author
    Louis Caulton West, American, 1882–1972

Tombs and Monuments 3

  • MQ 120

    • Site Name Menkaure Quarry Cemetery

  • MQ 130

    • Site Name Menkaure Quarry Cemetery

  • Menkaure Quarry

    • Site Name Menkaure Quarry Cemetery

People 2

Ancient People

  • Ankhnebef (MQ 130)

    • Type Mentioned on page
    • Remarks Owner of MQ 130. Chapel entrance lintel and drum lintel inscribed for Ankhnebef, identified as [sqd n wjA sS wxrt nswt jrj-xt pr-aA jmj-r (...) pr-aA jmj-xt pr-aA sHD pr-aA jmj-r wabw xAstjw nTrj-mnkAwra wab nswt Hm-nTr mnkAwra rx nswt] oarsman of a boat, scribe of the royal dockyard, custodian of property of the Great House, overseer of (...) of the Great House, under-supervisor of the Great House, inspector of the Great House, overseer of wab-priests and foreigners(?) of the pyramid of Menkaure, royal wab-priest, priest of Menkaure, royal acquaintance; in situ in Menkaure quarry cemetery MQ 130. Displaced block inscribed for Ankhnebef, identified as [Hm-nTr mnkAwra rx nswt] priest of Menkaure, royal acquaintance; found in quarry cut in second terrace of Menkaure quarry above entrance of MQ 130.

Modern People

  • Louis Caulton West

    • Type Author
    • Nationality & Dates American, 1882–1972
    • Remarks Worked on the MFA-Harvard expedition from 1912-1914 according to the preface of George A. Reisner's, "A History of the Giza Necropolis, Vol I." Harvard graduate, c.1912.