Mindjedef
| Mindjedef | |
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| Prince of Egypt | |
 Sarcophagus of Mindjedef | |
| Burial | mastaba G 7760, Giza |
| Wife | Khufuankh |
| Issue | son |
| Father | Crown Prince Kawab |
| Mother | Queen Hetepheres II |
| Religion | Ancient Egyptian religion |
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| Mindjedef[1] in hieroglyphs | ||||
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| Era: Old Kingdom (2686–2181 BC) | ||||
Mindjedef was a Prince of ancient Egypt, who lived during the 4th Dynasty. His name means "Enduring Like Min". Min is an Egyptian fertility god.
Family
Mindjedef was a son of Crown Prince Kawab and Queen Hetepheres II. He was the grandson of Pharaoh Khufu and Meritites I and great-grandson of Sneferu. Mindjedef was born during the reign of his grandfather and he may have lived to see his cousin Menkaura on the throne. Mindjedef was a brother of Queen Meresankh III and uncle of Princes Rawer and Minkhaf II.
It is known that Mindjedef had a wife called Khufuankh ("Khufu lives"). Khufuankh bore one son to her husband.[2]
Titles
Prince Mindjedef held the titles King’s son of his body, Hereditary prince, Treasurer of the King of Lower Egypt, etc.[3]
Burial
Mindjedef was buried at Giza in mastaba G 7760. Mindjedef and Khufuankh are depicted with a small son in the chapel, but his name is not preserved.[3][4] His sarcophagus is now at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (acc. no. 54.80a-b).[5]
References
- ^ Hermann Ranke: Die ägyptische Persönennamen. Verlag von J. J. Augustin in Glückstadt, 1935. p.413
- ^ Kawab
- ^ a b Porter and Moss, Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings; Part III
- ^ http://gizapyramids.org Archived 2008-10-11 at the Wayback Machine page on G 7760
- ^ Sarcophagus of Mindjedef