Minkhaf I was an ancient Egyptian prince of the

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. He was a son of Pharaoh

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, half-brother of Pharaoh

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and elder brother of Pharaoh Khafre., p. 60 His mother may have been Queen

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.Porter, Bertha and Moss, Rosalind, ''Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Statues, Reliefs, and Paintings'' Volume III: Memphis, Part I Abu Rawash to Abusir. 2nd edition; revised and augmented by Dr Jaromir Malek, 1974. Retrieved from gizapyramids.org Minkhaf had a wife and at least one son, but their names are not known. Minkhaf served as

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possibly under Khufu or Khafre.

Tomb

Minkhaf was buried in the double mastaba numbered G 7430-7440 in the East Field, which is part of the

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. The construction of the mastaba started during the reign of his father Khufu. The mastaba contained an interior chapel and an exterior chapel consisting of four rooms. One of the rooms was built to house at least four statues. The niches were large enough to hold standing statues and the niches were inscribed with Minkhaf's name and titles. Two burial shafts were found, labeled G 7430 A and G 7430 B. Shaft G 7430 A contained Minkhaf's sarcophagus which was found in a coffin pit located on the western side of the burial chamber. A canopic pit where the

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s would have been stored was located in the south-east corner of the burial chamber. Shaft G 7430 B belonged to Minkhaf's wife, but the structure was unfinished and appears to not have been used.George A. Reisner and William Stevenson Smith, ''A History of the Giza Necropolis II'', Appendix B: Cemetery 7000 by George Reisner, Harvard University Press, 1955, pp. 45-5
Appendix B: Cemetery 7000 by George Reisner
/ref> Minkhaf's sarcophagus is now in the

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Titles

Djedefhor's titles were: Translation and indexes from Dilwyn Jones. Jones, Dilwyn, ''An Index Of Ancient Egyptian Titles Epithets And Phrases Of The Old Kingdom 1 & 2'' BAR, 2000, .

Sources

{{Reflist Princes of the Fourth Dynasty of Egypt Viziers of the Fourth Dynasty of Egypt Khufu