Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 4520, G 4420, G 4411, G 4422
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- Tomb Owner
- Neferseshemka (G 4422)
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- Excavator
- George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942
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- Site Type
- Stone+rubble-built mastaba
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- Shafts
- G 4422 A; G 4422 B; G 4422 C; G 4422 D; G 4422 E; G 4422 Chapel a
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- Remarks
- Mastaba built against east face of G 4420 on north, partly in the mudbrick north chapel of G 4420.
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- HUMFA_38-6-53
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- HUMFA_38-6-54
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- HUMFA_38-6-56
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Fragmentary pottery offering stand
- HUMFA_38-6-51
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Fragments of pottery offering jar
- HUMFA_38-6-52
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Fragments of pottery offering stand
- HUMFA_38-6-48
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Fragments of pottery offering stand
- HUMFA_38-6-49
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Fragments of pottery ring stand
- HUMFA_38-6-50
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- HUMFA_38-6-47
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- Diary page dates 06/19/1938
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- Diary page dates 06/19/1938
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- Diary page dates 06/19/1938; 06/20/1938
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- Diary page dates 06/21/1938; 06/22/1938
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G 4422, Shaft B, chamber: pottery, jar
- ID HUMFA_EG024231
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G 4422, Shaft B, chamber: pottery, stand fragment
- ID HUMFA_EG024228
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G 4422, Shaft B, chamber: pottery, stands
- ID HUMFA_EG024207
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Pottery offering stands from G 1407, G 1457, G 2006, G 2132, G 4422
- ID HUMFA_EG022138
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Relief from 4420 and inscription from offering basin from G 4422
- ID HUMFA_EG020108
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- ID: HUMFA_GN3_L13_4000_Contents1
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- ID: HUMFA_GN3_L13_4000mm_p056
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- ID: HUMFA_GN3_L13_4000mm_p057
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- ID: HUMFA_OR.Vol.29
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Reisner, unpublished manuscript, Box L 13, Description of Cemetery G 4000, p. 57.
Ancient People
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- 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
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- 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.
ID: HUMFA_C6412BP_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 4422
Description: Cemetery G 4000: G 4422, chapel, offering basins (basin on left inscribed for Neferseshemka) in situ, looking SW
ID: HUMFA_B9006_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4422
Description: Pottery from G 4422 B: left: 38-6-51 (tall offering stand); right, top row: 38-6-49 + 38-6-48 (fragments of tall offering stand), 38-6-50 (fragments of ring stand); right, bottom row: 38-6-47 (two shoulder jars)
ID: HUMFA_C14239_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2037, G 4832, G 4421, G 4422
Description: Pottery: top row: [G 2037b X] 37-11-12 (bowl), [G 4422 D] 38-6-56 (lid), [G 4832 A] 38-7-15 (bowl); bottom row: [G 2037b X] 37-11-13 (bowl), [G 4421 A] 38-6-42 (jar)
ID: HUMFA_C14181_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 4422
Description: Cemetery G 4000: G 4422 D, burial (skeleton, 38-6-54) in chamber in shaft, looking E
ID: HUMFA_A2066_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 4520, G 4420, G 4411, G 4422
Description: Cemetery G 4000: street between G 4520 (to E) and G 4420 (to W), G 4411 (= Lepsius 51) (foreground left) abutting S end of G 4420 (and N end of G 4410), looking N to G 4422 (abutting E face of G 4420) and beyond
ID: HUMFA_A2075_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 4520, G 4420, G 4411, G 4422
Description: Cemetery G 4000: street between G 4520 (to E) and G 4420 (to W), G 4411 (= Lepsius 51) (foreground left) abutting S end of G 4420 (and N end of G 4410), looking N to G 4422 (abutting E face of G 4420) and beyond
ID: HUMFA_A2102_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 4520, G 4420, G 4422, G 4421
Description: Cemetery G 4000: street between G 4520 (to E) and G 4420 (to W), G 4422 and G 4421 (abutting E face of G 4420), looking S to Khafre pyramid
ID: HUMFA_C5743_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 4420, G 4422, G 4430
Description: Cemetery G 4000: street W of G 4520, debris from G 4420 and rubble walls of G 4422, looking NW to G 4430
ID: HUMFA_C5744_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 4420, G 4422
Description: Cemetery G 4000: street W of G 4520, debris from G 4420 and rubble walls of G 4422, looking SW
ID: HUMFA_C5768_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 4422
Description: Cemetery G 4000: G 4422 A, door block, looking N
ID: HUMFA_C5778_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 4520, G 4420, G 4422
Description: Cemetery G 4000: street between G 4520 (to E) and G 4420 (to W), G 4422 (abutting E face of G 4420), looking N
ID: HUMFA_C5779_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 4520, G 4420, G 4422
Description: Cemetery G 4000: street between G 4520 (to E) and G 4420 (to W), G 4422 (abutting E face of G 4420), looking SSE from SE corner of G 4430
ID: HUMFA_C6412B_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 4422
Description: Cemetery G 4000: G 4422, chapel, offering basins (basin on left inscribed for Neferseshemka) in situ, looking SW
ID: HUMFA_C6413_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 4422
Description: Cemetery G 4000: G 4422, chapel, offering basins (basin on left inscribed for Neferseshemka) in situ, looking W
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