Popielska-Grzybowska, Joanna [Hrsg.]; Central European Conference of Young Egyptologists <1, 1999, Warszawa> [Hrsg.]: Proceedings of the first Central European Conference of Young Egyptologists: Egypt 1999: perspectives of research, Warsaw 7 - 9 June 1999 (Warsaw, 2001)

Slawomir Rzepka

Literature

PM III2, pp. 259-60;

J. CAPART, Reflections on the Sheikh el
Beled, JEA 6 (1920), pp. 225-33;

A. MARIETTE, Les Mastabas de VAncien
Empire, Paris 1882, pp. 127-29;

H. SOUROUZIAN, M. SALEH, Official
Catalogue: The Egyptian Museum, Cairo
1987, pp. 40-42.

C. VANDERSLEYEN, La date du du Cheikh
el-Beled (Caire CG 34), JEA 69 (1983), pp. 61-65.

Cat. No 9. Rc-nfr
The tomb

Saqqara, north of Step Pyramid, brick
mastaba No 40
The statues

1) Cairo CG 18

limestone, 185 cm, inscr.: wrhrpwhmwwtn
hrw hb, mhnk njswt, hm ntr Pth, hm ntr Zkr,
hrp smjmj-rl, pr Zkr, Rc-nfr, wr hrpw Jimwwt
n hrw hb, miinknjswt, Rc-nfr

found in chapel, in front of south wall
standing male corpulent figure, with natural hair
and long simple kilt

2) Cairo CG 19

limestone, 180 cm, inscr.: wr Jjrpw Jimwwt n
hrw Jib, Rc-nfr hm ntr Pth, Jym ntr Zkr, Jjrp sm
nb, mJjnknjswt, Rc-nfr

found in chapel, in front of south wall
standing male figure, wearing full wig and short
pleated kilt

3) Cairo CG 53

limestone, 119,5 cm, inscr.: rJjtnjswt, HJenw
found in chapel, near to entrance
seated female figure, wearing full wig and long
robe

Literature

PM III2, pp. 461-62;

J. CAPART, Reflections on the Sheikh el
Beled, JEA 6 (1920), pp. 225-33;

A. MARIETTE, Les Mastabas de I’Ancien
Empire, Paris 1882, pp. 221-23;

H. SOUROUZIAN, M. SALEH, Official
Catalogne: The Egyptian Museum, Cairo
1987, pp. 45-46;

C. VANDERSLEYEN, La date du du Cheikh
el-Beled (Caire CG 34), JEA 69 (1983), pp. 61-
65.

Cat. No 10. Nfr-jhjj
The tomb

Giza West Field, brick mastaba
The statues

1) Giza storeroom(?)

limestone, 59,5 cm, inscr.: rht njswt, nbt
jnijJjw Jjr ntr; Nfr-jhjj
found in chapel

standing female figure, wearing full wig and long
robe; right arm bent, held below breasts

2) Giza storeroom(?)

limestone, 46,5 cm, inscr.: rhtnjswt, Nfr-jJijj
found in chapel

seated female figure, wearing full wig and long
robe; left arm bent, held below breasts

3) Giza storeroom(?)

limestone, 58 cm, inscr. : (1) rJj njswt, wcb njswt,
hkj Jiwt-Hwfw, Jjrp Jjrpw nj Jjwt-C7>t, Zpnj (2) rh
njswt, wcb njswt, jmj-rl prw msw njswt, Zpnj
found in chapel

seated male figure, wearing short curled wig
and short simple kilt
Comments

This ensemble is of special interest because
instead of 2 statues of men and one of woman,
we deal there with the opposite situation. In the
chapel where the statues were found there were
8 false doors. At least two of them belonged to
the woman represented in statues -Nfr-jJijj - it
is testified by the inscriptions on stone archi-
traves. The name of the man Zpnj is preserved
only on one small fragment belonging to the one
of the false door or the entrance. So it seems
probable that the main tomb owner was the
woman and not the man.

Literature
PM III2, p. 50;

A.-M. ABUBAKR, Excavations at Giza
1949-50, Cairo 1953, pp. 31-37.

Married couple ensembles

Cat. No 11. Rffitp
The tomb

Meidum, North Mastaba Field, brick
mastaba No 6 with two chapels: southern
(larger) belonging to Rc-Jitp and northern
(smaller) belonging to his wife NfiJ, dating: early
Fourth Dynasty

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