Mindjedef (born 2570 BC[Born during the reign of his Khufu]) was a Prince of ancient Egypt, who lived during the 4th Dynasty. His name means "Enduring Like Min". Min is an Egyptian fertility god.
Family
Mindjedef was a son of
Crown Prince Kawab and Queen consort
Hetepheres II. He was the grandson of King
Khufu 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").[ Kawab]
Titles
Prince Mindjedef held the titles
King’s son of his body,
iry-pat,
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 in
mastaba G 7760. Mindjedef and Khufuankh are depicted with a small son in the chapel, but his name is not preserved.
[http://gizapyramids.org page on G 7760] His sarcophagus is now at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (acc. no. 54.80a-b).
[ Sarcophagus of Mindjedef]
Ancestry
