Nyibunesu

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Ny-ibu-nesu
in hieroglyphs
Era: Old Kingdom
(2686–2181 BC)
Photograph (Petrie, 1898).[1]
Line drawing (James, 1911).[2]
Low relief of Nyibunesu, with his titles and name written in hieroglyphs.

Nyibunesu, Ni-Ibunesut or Ne-Ibunesu (also mentioned as Suten-en-Abu or Abu-Suten in older sources) was an ancient Egyptian priest of Hathor and local chief who lived during the Third or Fourth Dynasty in the region of Dendera.[3] What is known from his life comes from his mastaba burial tomb in the Dendera Necropolis, a few hundred metres south of the Temple to Hathor.[4] This tomb was explored during 1897 and 1898 by a team led by the British archaeologist Flinders Petrie.[5]

  1. ^ Petrie 1900, p. pl. II.
  2. ^ James 1961, p. pl. XII.
  3. ^ EA1267.
  4. ^ Petrie 1900, p. 4.
  5. ^ Petrie 1900, p. 4-5.