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The Family of Neferherenptah
JE 87807, 87806, 87804, 87805 Cairo Antiquities Museum
Material: Painted
Limestone
Size: From Left to Right
Merettes (JE 87807) Height: 39 cm
Satmeret (JE 8708} Height: 53 cm
Neferherenptah (JE 87804) Height:
65 cm
Iten (JE 87805) Height: 37
cm
Location: Cemetery of Giza, Mastaba of Neferherenptah
Excavation: S. Hassan Excavations of 1936
Period: Late 5th or Early 6th Dynasty (Mid 24th
Century BC)
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The grouping of statues depicts the family of
Neferherenptah, a priest who supervised the funerary
cult of Khufu
and Menkaure
during Egypt's Old
Kingdom. Neferherenptah was also known as Fifi.
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Photographer: Unknown
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