Two Wab-Priests and the Identity of an Unknown King’s Mother of the Old Kingdom
Romanova Ye. A.
The present article considers the problem of historical relationships of two tomb-owners from the West Field of Gîza: ’Iy-mry (G 3098) and Rwd (G 3086), both of whom were wabpriests of the king’s mother. Having analyzed topographical the location of their tombs, characteristics of the cemetery G 3000 (Minor Cemetery) building and the titles and epithets of the tomb-owners, the author accepts the dating of the tombs of ’Iy-mry and Rwd within the period from Khafra reign till the beginning of the V dynasty. On the basis of Rwd epithet «he who is rewarded by his mistress», a synchronism of his life and priesthood with the life of the king’s mother in whose cult they were engaged, is proved. It has been found out that the possibility to identify the king’s mother, who was mentioned in the titles of both wab-priests with the queens, namely Hetep-heres I and Khamerernebty I, Khentikaus I, can not be accepted because of the disagreement between dating of these wab-priests’ tombs and the date of these queens’ cult complexes and their architectural arrangement. The author suggests that both wab-priests seem to have been engaged in the cult of the mother of Khafra.