Evidence of Three Possible Relatives of Princess Sheretnebty from Her Tomb at Abusir South

  • Hana Vymazalová
DOI: https://doi.org/10.47979/aror.j.84.1.1-22
Keywords: offering formula, relief, offering basin, Old Kingdom, Abusir South, Sheretnebty, Iti, Ankhiemaptah, Neferhekenhathor, statue

Abstract

This paper focuses on new evidence from the tomb of princess Sheretnebty at Abusir South, which was uncovered during the 2012 and 2013 archaeological seasons. Three individuals are attested by names on finds from this tomb, including the statuette of Iti and an offering table and a decorated block of Ankhiemaptah and his wife Neferhekenhathor. The decorated block bears a very specific offering formula referring to Osiris, and a  depiction of the owner and his wife. The style of the relief indicates that Ankhiemaptah lived later than Sheretnebty, and the article discusses the possible interpretations of this find and the possible relationship of its owners with Sheretnebty.

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Author Biography

Hana Vymazalová

HANA VYMAZALOVÁ, PhD, is a researcher at the Czech Institute of Egyptology, Faculty of Arts of Charles University in Prague. Since 2006 she has participated in the excavations of the Czech Mission at Abusir and she headed some of the partial projects on the site. Since 2015 she is a member of the Egyptian Mission at south Saqqara. Her research interests include mainly the economy and organisation of the pyramid complexes and royal funerary cults of the Old Kingdom, as well as the Old-Hieratic texts. In addition, she focuses on ancient Egyptian mathematics and medicine.

Published
2016-05-04
How to Cite
Vymazalová, H. (2016). Evidence of Three Possible Relatives of Princess Sheretnebty from Her Tomb at Abusir South. Archiv orientální, 84(1), 1-22. https://doi.org/10.47979/aror.j.84.1.1-22
Issue
Vol. 84 No. 1 (2016)
Section
Research Article

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