G 4422

Western Cemetery

Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 4520, G 4420, G 4411, G 4422

Tomb Owner

Neferseshemka (G 4422)
Excavator

George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942
Site Type

Stone+rubble-built mastaba
Shafts

G 4422 A; G 4422 B; G 4422 C; G 4422 D; G 4422 E; G 4422 Chapel a
Remarks

Mastaba built against east face of G 4420 on north, partly in the mudbrick north chapel of G 4420.

Bones of human skeleton
- HUMFA_38-6-53
Bones of human skeleton
- HUMFA_38-6-54
Fragment of pottery lid
- HUMFA_38-6-56
Fragmentary pottery offering stand
- HUMFA_38-6-51
Fragments of pottery offering jar
- HUMFA_38-6-52
Fragments of pottery offering stand
- HUMFA_38-6-48
Fragments of pottery offering stand
- HUMFA_38-6-49
Fragments of pottery ring stand
- HUMFA_38-6-50
Pottery jars
- HUMFA_38-6-47

Vol.32.p.681
- Diary page dates 06/19/1938
Vol.32.p.683
- Diary page dates 06/19/1938
Vol.32.p.684
- Diary page dates 06/19/1938; 06/20/1938
Vol.32.p.686
- Diary page dates 06/21/1938; 06/22/1938

G 4422, Shaft B, chamber: pottery, jar
- ID HUMFA_EG024231
G 4422, Shaft B, chamber: pottery, stand fragment
- ID HUMFA_EG024228
G 4422, Shaft B, chamber: pottery, stands
- ID HUMFA_EG024207
Plans and sections of G 4520; false door from G 4411; offering basin from G 4422; offering basin from G 4520
- ID HUMFA_EG020964
Pottery offering stands from G 1407, G 1457, G 2006, G 2132, G 4422
- ID HUMFA_EG022138
Pottery, offering stands from G 1457, Shaft A; G 2132, Shaft C; G 4422, Shaft B
- ID HUMFA_EG021938
Relief from 4420 and inscription from offering basin from G 4422
- ID HUMFA_EG020108

A History of the Giza Necropolis III, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Appendix N: Cemetery G 4000, page Contents1
- ID: HUMFA_GN3_L13_4000_Contents1
A History of the Giza Necropolis III, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Appendix N: Cemetery G 4000, page mm 056
- ID: HUMFA_GN3_L13_4000mm_p056
A History of the Giza Necropolis III, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Appendix N: Cemetery G 4000, page mm 057
- ID: HUMFA_GN3_L13_4000mm_p057
Entries: 37-1-24 to 38-11-5
- ID: HUMFA_OR.Vol.29

Reisner, unpublished manuscript, Box L 13, Description of Cemetery G 4000, p. 57.

Ancient People

Neferseshemka (G 4422)
- Type Tomb Owner
- Remarks Owner of G 4422. Probable son of Tetu (owner of G 4420). Limestone offering basin inscribed for Neferseshemka, identified as [rx nswt mDH mHjt jmj-xt sHDw pr-mDAt jrjw nswt] royal acquaintance, craftsman of Mehit, under-supervisor of the inspectors of the library of the king's administrators; found in situ in G 4422. Also appears on stela inscribed for Tetu, depicting figures of Tetu and wife (unnamed) seated at offering table (facing right) and figures of Neferseshemka, his wife Perenka, and third effaced figure of [...]nedjemib (name only partially preserved) (facing left); identified (on stela) as [sHD sSw pr-mDAt] inspector of scribes of the library; found in situ on east face of G 4420.

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.