Khufu (in Greek 'Kheops')

Second king of the Fourth Dynasty (about 2600-2450). Famous for his burial place, the Great Pyramid at Gizeh.

Attestations in the Petrie Museum:

Fragment of a calcite vessel from Koptos	vessel, bought (click on the image)

Seal UC 11099 (bought by Petrie in Egypt)

Further Attestations:

• Seal impressions found at a settlement site at Gizeh (Kromer 1978: pl. 39)
• Inscription at Magharah (Sinai) (Sethe1933: 8; Gardiner/Peet/Cerný 1955: no. 7)

Bibliography:

• Goedicke 1971 (publication of many reliefs from the cult temples of the king, reused in pyramids of the Twelfth Dynasty)
• Petrie 1925a: 56-64 (with good list of sources known at that time)

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