Mindjedef (born 2570 BC) was a
Prince
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of
ancient Egypt
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, who lived during the
4th Dynasty. His name means "Enduring Like
Min". Min is an Egyptian fertility
god
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.
Family
Mindjedef was a son of
Crown Prince
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''Crown prince ...
Kawab and Queen consort
Hetepheres II. He was the grandson of King
Khufu
Khufu or Cheops (died 2566 BC) was an ancient Egyptian monarch who was the second pharaoh of the Fourth Dynasty of Egypt, Fourth Dynasty, in the first half of the Old Kingdom of Egypt, Old Kingdom period (26th century BC). Khufu succeeded his ...
and
Meritites I and great-grandson of
Sneferu. Mindjedef was born during the reign of his grandfather. Mindjedef was a brother of Queen
Meresankh III and uncle of
Rawer and
Minkhaf II.
It is known that Mindjedef had a wife called Khufuankh ("Khufu lives").
Titles
Prince Mindjedef held the titles ''King’s son of his body'', ''
Hereditary prince'', ''Treasurer of the King of Lower Egypt'', etc.
[Porter and Moss, Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings; Part III]
Burial
Mindjedef was buried at
Giza
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in
mastaba G 7760. Mindjedef and Khufuankh are depicted with a small son in the chapel, but his name is not preserved.
His sarcophagus is now at the
Metropolitan Museum of Art
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(acc. no. 54.80a-b).
Sarcophagus of Mindjedef
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Ancestry
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, Mindjedef
, Kawab
, Hetepheres II
, Khufu
Khufu or Cheops (died 2566 BC) was an ancient Egyptian monarch who was the second pharaoh of the Fourth Dynasty of Egypt, Fourth Dynasty, in the first half of the Old Kingdom of Egypt, Old Kingdom period (26th century BC). Khufu succeeded his ...
, Meritites I
, Khufu
Khufu or Cheops (died 2566 BC) was an ancient Egyptian monarch who was the second pharaoh of the Fourth Dynasty of Egypt, Fourth Dynasty, in the first half of the Old Kingdom of Egypt, Old Kingdom period (26th century BC). Khufu succeeded his ...
,
,
,
, Sneferu
References
Princes of the Fourth Dynasty of Egypt
3rd-millennium BC births
3rd-millennium BC deaths