Minkhaf I
Minkhaf I in hieroglyphs | ||||
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Minkhaf Mn.w ḫˁ=f He appears, the god Min |
Minkhaf I | |
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Vizier | |
Dynasty | 4th Dynasty |
Pharaoh | Khufu |
Father | Khufu |
Mother | possibly Henutsen |
Wife | unknown woman |
Children | Son |
Minkhaf I was an ancient Egyptian prince of the 4th Dynasty. He was a son of Pharaoh Khufu, half-brother of Pharaoh Djedefre and elder brother of Pharaoh Khafre.[2] His mother may have been Queen Henutsen.[3] Minkhaf had a wife and at least one son, but their names are not known.[4] Minkhaf served as vizier possibly under Khufu or Khafre.
Tomb
Minkhaf was buried in the double
Two burial shafts were found, labeled G 7430 A and G 7430 B. Shaft G 7430 A contained Minkhaf's sarcophagus which was found in a coffin pit located on the western side of the burial chamber. A canopic pit where the Canopic jars would have been stored was located in the south-east corner of the burial chamber. Shaft G 7430 B belonged to Minkhaf's wife, but the structure was unfinished and appears to not have been used.[6] Minkhaf's sarcophagus is now in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.[2]
Titles
Djedefhor's titles were:[7]
Title | Translation | Jones Index |
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imy-rȝ kȝt nbt (nt) nzwt | overseer of all works of the king | 950 |
tȝyty zȝb ṯȝty | he of the curtain, chief justice, vizier | 3706 |
iry-pˁt | hereditary prince/nobleman, 'keeper of the patricians' | 1157 |
wr di.w pr ḏḥwty | Greatest of the Five in the temple of Thoth | 1471 |
mniw nḫn | protector/guardian of Hierakonpolis
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1597 |
rȝ p nb | mouth of every Pe-ite/Butite (see Buto) | 1831 |
ḥȝty-ˁ | count | 1858 |
ḥry-sštȝ n it.f | privy to the secret of his father | 2241 |
ḥry-sštȝ n nzwt m swt.f nbt | privy to the secret [of the king in] all his cult places/secretary [of the king in] all his cult-places | 2311 |
ḫrp ˁḥ | director of the ˁḥ palace | 2579 |
ẖry-ḥbt | lector priest, 'he who cames the ritual-book' | 2848 |
ẖry-ḥbt ḥry-tp | chief lector priest, lector priest in charge | 2860 |
zȝ nswt | king's son | 2911 |
zȝ nswt n ẖt.f smsw | king's eldest son of his body | 2914 |
zš mḏȝt-nṯr | scribe of the god's book | 3132 |
smr | companion, courtier | 3263 |
smr wˁty | sole companion | 3268 |
smr wˁty n it.f | sole companion of his father | 3272 |
nb imȝḫw ḫr it.f | possessor of reverence with his father | 1782 |
Translation and indexes from Dilwyn Jones.[8]
Sources
- ^ Hermann Ranke: Die ägyptische Persönennamen. Verlag von J. J. Augustin in Glückstadt, 1935., p. 265
- ^ ISBN 0-500-05128-3., p. 60
- ^ Porter, Bertha and Moss, Rosalind, Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Statues, Reliefs, and Paintings Volume III: Memphis, Part I Abu Rawash to Abusir. 2nd edition; revised and augmented by Dr Jaromir Malek, 1974. Retrieved from gizapyramids.org
- ^ Nefertkau, the eldest daughter of Sneferu
- ^ George A. Reisner, A History of the Giza Necropolis I, Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1942, pp. 70–74, Retrieved from Giza Digital Library: History of the Giza Necropolis Series Archived 2011-07-26 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b George A. Reisner and William Stevenson Smith, A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Appendix B: Cemetery 7000 by George Reisner, Harvard University Press, 1955, pp. 45-50 Appendix B: Cemetery 7000 by George Reisner
- ISBN 2-7247-0248-4.
- ISBN 1-84171-069-5.