Mindjedef

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.

Mindjedef
Prince of Egypt
Sarcophagus of Mindjedef
Burial
mastaba G 7760, Giza
WifeKhufuankh
Issueson
FatherCrown Prince Kawab
MotherQueen Hetepheres II
ReligionAncient Egyptian religion
Mindjedef[1]
in hieroglyphs

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
  1. Hermann Ranke: Die ägyptische Persönennamen. Verlag von J. J. Augustin in Glückstadt, 1935. p.413
  2. Kawab
  3. Porter and Moss, Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings; Part III
  4. http://gizapyramids.org Archived 2008-10-11 at the Wayback Machine page on G 7760
  5. Sarcophagus of Mindjedef
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