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- ↑ D. Jones: An Index of Ancient Egyptian Titles, Epithets and Phrases of the Old Kingdom, Vol. I, ISBN 1841710709, p. 394, no. 157
- ↑ Auguste Edouard Mariette: Les Mastabas de l'Ancien Empire. Fragment du dernier ouvrage. Publié d'apres le manuscrit de l'auteur par Gaston Maspero. F. Vieweg, Paris 1889, p. 123
- ↑ Auguste Edouard Mariette: Les Mastabas de l'Ancien Empire. Fragment du dernier ouvrage. Publié d'apres le manuscrit de l'auteur par Gaston Maspero. F. Vieweg, Paris 1889, p. 121–123
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