Nebemakhet

The hieroglyphic
name of Nebemakhet

Nebemakhet was a king's boy and a vizier during the 4th Dynasty. Nebemakhet was the son of King Khafre and Queen Meresankh III. He is shown in his mother's tomb and in his own tomb at Giza.

Nebemakhet is depicted in the tomb of his mother Meresankh III (G7530-5440). His brothers Duaenre, Niuserre (A) and Khenterka as shown there also, as is a sister discovered Shepsetkau. His maternal grandfather was the Crown Prince Kawab. Nebemakhet was married to a lady called Nubhotep. In Nebemakhet's own tomb his brothers Duaenre and Niuserre are related likewise as a brother named Ankhmare. Nebemakhet's sister appears several times in pictures accompanying her brother.

Nebemakhet was a King's Son of His Body and a transmitted Prince and would have raised up at court. He held numerous titles during his life letting in Eldest of the Senwet [family] of His Father, Scribe of the Divine Book of His Father, Sole Confidant of His Father, Master of the Mysteries of His Father, Chief Judge and Vizier, Chief Ritualist, and High-priest (of the Ha-god).

Tomb of Nebemakhet:

Floor plan of tomb (L86),
tomb of Nebemakhet

He was buried in tomb G 8172 (LG 86) after his original tomb (LG 12) was abandoned. The tomb is set in the Central Field which is part of the Giza Necropolis. The tomb was in a highly finished state when Nebemakhet died. The wall were inscribed in relief and painted in bright colors. The tomb consists of two mounted chapels and several shafts. The main catch leads to the outer chapel which disciplined several niches and a dig in the north-west corner. A doorway leads to another room containing several more niches and an inside chapel. This second room taken two more burial tools.

The outer chapel pictures Nebemakhet and his sister Shepsetkau regarding some agricultural settings on the south wall. Pieces of scenes depicting the capturing of birds in nets can set be seen. The western wall points Nebemakhet in a papyrus boat in the marshes with a fish-spear in his hand. The scene is mostly finished because (in antiquity) a important niche was cut in the wall. Remaining scenes show people holding fish, birds and other animals. One register points the Construction of a papyrus canoe and then a fit of cattle tracking a river. The wall controls a depiction of a line of offer bearers bringing belongings from the estates of Khafre.

In the doorway to the inner chapel a scene is kept showing the sculptor Semerka and his colleague Inkaf. These two men were responsible for some of the work in the tomb. The inscription reads: "His Rewarded One, who inscribed for him this, his tomb, the Sculptor Semerka. His Rewarded One, who made for him this, his tomb, with the work In-ka-f".

In the inner room Nebemakhet and his sister Shepsetkau seem before their mother: "His Mother, She Who Sees Horus and Set, The Great Ornament, the Great Precious (or Praised), the King's Wife Meresankh". Nearby Nebemakhet is showed in a scene with his sister and this time they are attended by their brother Duaenre. Nubhotep, Nebemakhet's wife, is likewise showed in the inner chapel. She has the titles royal familiarity, Priestess of Hathor, Mistress of the Sycamore in all her places, Honorable by the god. Further scenes in the inner chapel point scenes from daily life accepting craft shops and metalworking.

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