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Seneb the dwarf and his family. Seneb was chief of palace dwarfs of the royal wardrobe. He was also attached to the funeary cults of Khufu and Djedefra and involved in their burial ceremonies. Seneb was granted a tomb in the special section of the Giza necropolis assigned to dwarfs. His wife, Senet-it-es was 'one known to the king' and a priestess of the goddesses Hathor and Neith .

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