Mindjedef
title: "Mindjedef" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["princes-of-the-fourth-dynasty-of-egypt", "3rd-millennium-bc-births", "3rd-millennium-bc-deaths"] topic_path: "geography/egypt" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mindjedef" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
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| name | Mindjedef |
| | title | Prince of Egypt | | image | Sarcophagus of Mindjedef MET 54.80a-b EGDP015827.jpg | | caption | Sarcophagus of Mindjedef | | spouse | Khufuankh | | father | Kawab | | mother | Hetepheres II | | birth_date | c. 2570 BC | | place of burial | mastaba G 7760, Giza | | religion | Ancient Egyptian religion | ::
| consort = | name = Mindjedef
| title = Prince of Egypt | image = Sarcophagus of Mindjedef MET 54.80a-b EGDP015827.jpg | caption = Sarcophagus of Mindjedef | spouse = Khufuankh | father = Kawab | mother = Hetepheres II | birth_date = c. 2570 BC | place of burial = mastaba G 7760, Giza | religion = Ancient Egyptian religion Mindjedef (born 2570 BC) 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").
Titles
Prince Mindjedef held the titles King’s son of his body, Hereditary prince, Treasurer of the King of Lower Egypt, etc.
Burial
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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. His sarcophagus is now at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (acc. no. 54.80a-b).
Ancestry
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References
References
- Born during the reign of his [[Khufu. grandfather]]
- [http://euler.slu.edu/~bart/egyptianhtml/kings%20and%20Queens/Kawab.html Kawab]
- Porter and Moss, Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings; Part III
- http://gizapyramids.org {{webarchive. link. (2008-10-11 page on G 7760)
- [https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/552235 Sarcophagus of Mindjedef]
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