Гиза. Восточный некрополь VI. Гробница Каиемнофрета (LG 63)

Vetokhov Sergey, Kormysheva Eleonora, Lebedev Maxim, Malykh Svetlana

Giza. Eastern Necropolis VI. The Tomb of Kaiemnofret (LG 63)

Editor: Kormysheva Eleonora

Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Москва, 2024, 312 p.

The sixth volume of the series ‘Giza. Eastern Necropolis’ is the publication of the ancient Egyptian Old Kingdom tomb of Kaiemnofret that was excavated and investigated by the Russian Archaeological Mission at Giza (Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences) in 2015–2022 according to the license granted by the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities of Egypt. It describes architectural, epigraphic, and archaeological materials, including disturbed and partly disturbed original and secondary burials. The tomb is located on the north-eastern edge of the Eastern Field of Giza Necropolis, in the northern part of the Russian concession. The book presents a broad comparative analysis of epigraphic, iconographic, architectural, archaeological, and bioarchaeological data. Special excurses are devoted to the themes of dance, lotus for the tomb owner, and sacrificial slaughtering in the ancient Egyptian tombs of Dynasties IV–VI.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 7
PREFACE By Eleonora Kormysheva 9
I. HISTORY OF EXPLORATION By Maksim Lebedev 11
II. ARCHITECTURE By Sergey Vetokhov 13
II.1. Description of the tomb architecture 13
II.2. Analysis of the architecture 18
III. RELIEFS AND INSCRIPTIONS By Maksim Lebedev 47
III.1. Entrance 47
III.2. ‘Southern’ (south-eastern) wall in room LG 63A 49
III.3. ‘Eastern’ (north-eastern) wall in room LG 63A 53
III.4. ‘Northern’ (north-western) wall in room LG 63A 59
III.5. Pillar between rooms LG 63A and LG 63B 61
III.6. Names and titles of the tomb owner and his son 61
III.7. Palaeography of signs from the tomb of Kaiemnofret 63
IV. EXCAVATION By Maksim Lebedev 75
IV.1. Rooms LG 63A and LG 63B 75
IV.2. Shaft 1 and burial chamber 1A 76
IV.3. Shaft 2 and burial chamber 2A 77
IV.4. Shaft 3 and burial chamber 3A 77
IV.5. Shaft 4 and burial chamber 4A 78
IV.6. Shaft 5 and burial chamber 5A 79
IV.7. Stratigraphy of the tomb of Kaiemnofret: summary 81
V. FINDS By Svetlana Malykh 83
V.1. Finds from shaft 1 83
V.2. Finds from shaft 2 83
V.3. Finds from shaft 3 84
V.4. Finds from shaft 4 84
V.5. Finds from shaft 5 85
VI. POTTERY By Svetlana Malykh 91
VI.1. Pottery from shaft 1 91
VI.2. Pottery from shaft 2 94
VI.3. Pottery from shaft 3 96
VI.4. Pottery from shaft 4 103
VI.5. Pottery from shaft 5 111
VI.6. List of clay fabrics for the ceramic material from the tomb of Kaiemnofret 119
VII. BIOARCHAEOLOGY 131
VII.1. Human remains By Maria Mednikova 131
VII.2. Archaeobotany By Alexey Sergeev 138
EXCURSUS I. DANCE By Eleonora Kormysheva 141
EXCURSUS II. LOTUS FOR THE TOMB OWNER By Eleonora Kormysheva 171
EXCURSUS III. SACRIFICIAL SLAUGHTERING By Eleonora Kormysheva 177
CONCLUSION 193
BIBLIOGRAPHY 197
INDEX 208
Personal names 208
Geographical names 210
Egyptian names 210
Egyptian words and word combinations 212
COLOR PLATES 217