Ankhmare was an ancient Egyptian prince and vizier of the 4th Dynasty. His titles include king's eldest son of his body (sA-nswt n Xt=f), as well as chief justice and vizier (smsw tAjtj sAb TAtj).[1] Ankhmare was a son of Pharaoh Khafre and was named after the god Ra.[2]
| Ankhmare | |
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| Vizier | |
| Dynasty | 4th Dynasty |
| Father | Khafre |
| Burial | Mastaba LG 87 in Giza |
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| Ankhmare in hieroglyphs | ||||
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| Era: Old Kingdom (2686–2181 BC) | ||||
Titles
editHis titles include:[3]
- Hereditary prince, count, the eldest King's son of his body
- Chief Ritualist of His Father
- Chief justice and vizier
- Treasurer of his father, the King of Lower Egypt.
Tomb
editAnkhmare's tomb is G 8460, located in the Central Field, which is part of the Giza Necropolis.[1] The entrance leads to a rock-cut chapel. Two pillars divide the chapel into two parts. In the area behind the pillars three burial shafts are dug into the floor.
- Shaft no 1350 contained a skeleton. Foot prints of a man and a boy were found in the area around the body. These presumably belonged to the grave robbers who violated the burial chamber in antiquity.
- Shaft no 1351 was a simple pit.
- Shaft no 1352 contained a limestone sarcophagus which was placed against the west wall.[3]
Sources
edit- ^ a b Giza pyramids by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Archived 2008-10-11 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Dodson, Aidan and Hilton, Dyan. The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt. Thames & Hudson. 2004. ISBN 0-500-05128-3
- ^ a b Hassan, Selim. Excavations at Gîza 6: 1934-1935. Part 3: The Mastabas of the Sixth Season and their Description. Cairo: Government Press, 1950.; obtained from gizapyramids.org Archived 2008-10-11 at the Wayback Machine