Iynefer II explained

Iynefer II ("the beautiful one has come"; the name is also spelled as Iy-nefer) was an ancient Egyptian prince, likely a son of Pharaoh Khufu. He was named after his uncle Iynefer I.[1] Iynefer II’s wife was Nefertkau III;[2] she was likely his niece,[3] [4] and they had one son (or two sons) and one daughter, Nefertkau.[5] Both Iynefer and his wife are buried in the mastaba G 7820 at Giza.[6] [7] [8]

A large, open eye is characteristic of the decoration of Iynefer II’s mastaba.

References

  1. http://www.gizapyramids.org/pdf_library/alexanian_okaa_2006.pdf The Old Kingdom art and archaeology
  2. Jean Claude Goyon, Christine Cardin: Actes Du Neuvième Congrès International Des Égyptologues, Volume 1. Page 733.
  3. [Aidan Dodson|Dodson, Aidan]
  4. According to Michel Baud, Nefertkau was Khufu’s daughter and thus Iynefer’s sister.
  5. [George Andrew Reisner]
  6. Porter, Bertha and Moss, Rosalind, Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Statues, Reliefs and Paintings, Volume III. 2nd edition; revised and augmented by Jaromir Malek, 1974.
  7. http://euler.slu.edu/~bart/egyptianhtml/tombs/Giza/Giza7000.html Mastabas in Giza
  8. Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt

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