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Granite statue of Nefu and his wife Khenmet-Setju from their Giza tomb G 7946 G and dating to the 5th Dynasty. He is the "inspector of treasury administrators and royal acquaintance", and she is "royal acquaintance and miteret". There was a second statue in the tomb which is now in Kansas.

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The inscription is divided into four elements and says:

  1. the royal acquaintance and miteret Khenmet-Setju

  2. Nefu

  3. royal acquaintance  and supervisor of treasury administrators

  4. inspector of treasury administrators

 

Boston Museum of Fine Art.


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