An inscribed stone listing the gifts donated by the pharaoh for Abuwtiyuw’s funeral was discovered by Egyptologist George A. Reisner in October 1935. The tablet is composed of ten vertical rows of hieroglyphs, separated by vertical lines. Neither the dog’s grave nor mummy have been recovered.
About Abuwtiyuw in brief
An inscribed stone listing the gifts donated by the pharaoh for Abuwtiyuw’s funeral was discovered by Egyptologist George A. Reisner in October 1935. It was apparently part of the spoil material incorporated into the structure of a Sixth Dynasty mastaba after the demolition of the funerary chapel belonging to the dog’s owner. The tablet is composed of ten vertical rows of hieroglyphs, separated by vertical lines. The ancient Egyptians and others of the Near East believed that dogs were spiritual beings, similar to humans, and they were often associated with particular deities and the powers they wield.
The dog appears to have been a sighthound, a lightly built hunting dog similar to a greyhound, with erect ears and a curly tail. The tomb in which his tablet was discovered is in Cemetery G 2100 in Giza West Field, close to the western side of the Great Pyramid of Giza. The find was recorded by the main expedition photographer, Mohammedani Ibrahim, who took more than 9,321 large-format glass-plate images on Reisner’s expeditions. Neither the dog’s grave nor mummy have been recovered.
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