Construction, alignment and decoration of the individual private tombs reflected the contemporary cultural hierarchy.

Shortly thereafter it was decided that that cult chamber would be sold to the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, so that it could be displayed there as a typical example of Old Kingdom funerary architecture.

Hermann Junker remarked that "The entire chamber is in every respect so beautiful and instructive that I consider it pre-eminently suitable for being transferred to Vienna.

[4] Kaninisut was a high official during the fourth or early fifth dynasties, as is shown by the location and size of his tomb at Giza and by his numerous honorific titles.

The core structure of Kaninisut's mastaba is 24 m long by 10.2 m wide, the height can no longer be determined due to its destruction.

Towards the end of the reign of Khufu it was becoming increasingly common to place the cult rooms within the upper building, before this they were added to the east facade of the tomb.

Apparently in the case of Kaninisut's mastaba, the basic structure of the tomb was completed towards the end of Khufu's reign, but it required numerous adaptations in order to fit the new building style.

Rather than to hollow out the mastaba, it was apparently decided to extend the tomb to the south, in order to install the cult chamber there.

The 3.60 m long, 1.45 m wide and 3.16 m high chamber contained two false doors in the west wall, which offerings were placed in front of.

Behind the false door was the serdab, a small room which was completely walled off, in which the ka-statue of the tomb's owner was located.

Despite this, some grave goods were found lying around, including fine alabaster vessels, small copper tools and four clay jars which had held the organs of the mummy.

[7] The cult chamber of Kaninisut is made of the best white Tura limestone and decorated with fine raised reliefs, which are now displayed in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna.

In each of them, Kaninisut sits at an offering table with twelve loaves of bread stacked close together on it, symbolising his food supply in the afterlife.

[8] To the right of the dining scene on the northern wall, there are four priests, who are depicted on a smaller scale than Kaninisut, carrying out ritual offerings for the dead: the first one is labelled as the "cupbearer of the great full table" and is kneeling with a vessel and a loaf of bread in his hands.

A long narrow band underneath the boats symbolises the water and simultaneously forms the dividing line between the two scenes.

It is a real scene of two barges, the upper one with a crew of oarsmen and a raised sail coming into the harbor, as the pilot Hetepsepet looks down in that direction, in the middle stands Kaninisut leaning on a staff, a ṡm-priest in the garb of a magnate.

A second (lower) barge of bound bundles of papyrus with a similar crew, Kaninisut giving orders, pilot Kaemheset showing the direction of departure with an inscription, "sailing to Heliopolis" with a cargo of cattle (meat) and other provisions.

In the lowest register, thirteen men bring small tables or plates with bread, fruit and pieces of meat.

[8] The symbolism of the manned barges does not express the rite of passage to the underworld, rather it is an image of Kaninisut as a merchant of goods along the Nile from north to south, as indicated by his titles "administrator of the city of Dep" in lower Egypt and "administrator of the city of El-Kab" in Upper Egypt, ().

The offering list consists of eight registers, in which the captions are arranged from left to right in short vertical columns without dividing lines.

They begin with the list of the entrance rites, which were carried out by the funerary priest, like the purification of the cult space by sweeping and pouring water, washing hands, burning incense and supply of the seven holy oils and anointments.

An additional architrave is located between the two false door architraves, which contains a full list of all Kaninisut's titles: The Sem-Priest, the lord of the kilt, the Sem-Priest's wardrobe of Horus, the Administrator of Dep, Mouth to the people of Pe, the sole friend, the Guardian of the Mystery of the Morning house, the Chief of El Kab, the Chief of Allocations of the House of Life, the Leader of the Petitions, the Leader of the Black Jar, the Prophet of the Lord of Buto the Son of the Black Jar, the Prophet of the Lord of Buto the son of the Northern one, the Lector Priest, the one in the Entourage of the Ha, the only one among the great people of the feast: Kaninisut.

[3] Under this Kaninisut is depicted with his wife Neferhanisut and their children, son Kaninust (II), daughter Wedjehetep and Harwer.

In the door niche, there is a large hole which was possibly cut by a grave robber hoping to find a serdab with a Ka-statue in it.

Behind him stands his oldest son, Her-wer, who is shown at a much smaller scale; he only reaches halfway up his father's calf.

The preserved decoration from the chapel of the Kaninisut mastaba in the West Necropolis of Giza (G 2155) provides an unusually complete artistic ensemble that tells about the life of the great prince in the last period Fourth Dynasty of Egypt.

This is evidenced by his titles in relation to the royal family, his positions in the management and administration of extensive property.

It is noteworthy that he has his real name attributed to all the figures depicted, while he especially emphasises the figure of his chief administrator, the scribe Wahemka, including his subordinate scribes, who demonstrate the function of economic administration, which developed into an efficient apparatus and a functional logistics system.

Kaninisut did not neglect his commercial activity either, by depicting the symbols of two barges transporting goods on the Nile.

[15] In the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston finds several fragments from tomb G 2156 attributed to Kaninisut II, among others a cornice above the entrance with a preserved inscription of adoration to the gods The gifts given by the king and Anubis from the god's booth Osiris,[ for the new year's feast of Thoth, the festival of joy of the great flame, the procession of Min every day, the one of the ten greatest in Upper Egypt KҘ(j)-nj-nśw.t(II.