G 4241

Western Cemetery

Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 4241

Tomb Owner

Rahetep (G 4241)
Excavator

George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942

Hermann Junker, German, 1877–1962
Reisner Date

Early Dynasty 5
PorterMoss Date

Early Dyn 5 or end Dyn 5-later
Baer Date

End of Dynasty 5 or later
Site Type

Stone-built mastaba
Shafts

G 4241 A; G 4241 B; G 4241 C; G 4241 D; G 4241 E; G 4241 F; G 4241 Chapel
Remarks

Mastaba in field east of G 4000, blocking eastern half of street south of G 4250 and north of G 4340.

Stone tool: fragment of flint knife
- HUMFA_14-1-85

Vol.03.p.100
- Diary page dates 04/19/1912; 04/20/1912; 04/21/1912
Vol.03.p.101
- Diary page dates 04/20/1912; 04/21/1912; 04/22/1912

A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Chapter 09: Service Equipment of the Chapel: Statues, Offering Basins and Vessels, Page 111
- ID: HUMFA_GN2_K01_ChapIX_p111
A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Chapter 09: Service Equipment of the Chapel: Statues, Offering Basins and Vessels, Page 111 (alternate version)
- ID: HUMFA_GN2_K02_ChapIX_p111
A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Chapter 12: The Funerary Equipment Found in Burial Chambers: Miscellaneous Objects, Page 522
- ID: HUMFA_GN2_K06_ChapXIIa_p522
A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Chapter 12: The Funerary Equipment Found in Burial Chambers: Miscellaneous Objects, Page 522 (alternate version)
- ID: HUMFA_GN2_K07_ChapXIIb_p522
A History of the Giza Necropolis III, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Appendix N: Cemetery G 4000, page 010 part 1
- ID: HUMFA_GN3_L13_4000_p010top
A History of the Giza Necropolis III, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Appendix N: Cemetery G 4000, page Contents1
- ID: HUMFA_GN3_L13_4000_Contents1
Entries: 13-10-1 to 14-2-34
- ID: HUMFA_OR.Vol.02

Baer, Rank and Title in the Old Kingdom, p. 100 [309].

Porter, Bertha, and Rosalind L.B. Moss. Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings 3: Memphis (Abû Rawâsh to Dahshûr). Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1931. 2nd edition. 3: Memphis, Part 1 (Abû Rawâsh to Abûsîr), revised and augmented by Jaromír Málek. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1974, p. 125, plan 15.

Reisner, George A. A History of the Giza Necropolis 1. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1942, pp. 253-254 [18].

Reisner, unpublished manuscript, Box L 13, Description of Cemetery G 4000, p. 10.

Ancient People

Rahetep (G 4241)
- Type Tomb Owner
- Remarks Owner of G 4241. Architrave (top of chapel west wall) and false door inscribed for Rahetep, identified as [sAb aD-mr nj-nst-xntt Hm-nTr maAt jmj-r sSw] judge and administrator, preeminent of place, priest of Maat, overseer of scribes; in situ in G 4241.

Modern People

George Andrew Reisner
- Type Excavator
- Nationality & Dates American, 1867–1942
- Remarks Egyptologist, archaeologist; Referred to as "the doctor" and "mudir" (Arabic for "director") in the excavation records. Nationality and life dates from Who was Who in Egyptology.
Hermann Junker
- Type Excavator
- Nationality & Dates German, 1877–1962
- Remarks Egyptologist, Director of German-Austrian expedition to Giza, 1911–1929. Published 12 volumes of final excavation reports from Giza expedition. Nationality and life dates from Who was Who in Egyptology.