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G 4513

Western Cemetery

Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 4512, G 4513, G 4517

Details

  • Tomb Owner
    Neferihy (G 4513)
  • Excavator
    George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942
  • PorterMoss Date
    Dynasty 6
  • Baer Date
    Dynasty 6
  • Site Type
    Stone-built mastaba
  • Shafts
    G 4513 A; G 4513 Serdab; G 4513 Chapel a; G 4513 Chapel b
  • Remarks
    Mastaba built against south end of G 4510, with the east wall of its roofed chapel formed by the back of G 4512 and G 4517.

Finds 2

Excavation Diary Pages 22

Maps & Plans 9

Drawings 1

Published Documents 1

Unpublished Documents 17

Full Bibliography

  • Lehmann, Katja. Der Serdab in den Privatgräbern des Alten Reiches 1-3. Ph.D. Dissertation, Universität Heidelberg, 2000, Kat. G182.

    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. 129, plan 15.

    Reisner, unpublished manuscript, Box L 13, Description of Mastabas in Cemetery G 4000, p. 89.

People 2

Ancient People

  • Neferihy (G 4513)

    • Type Tomb Owner
    • Remarks Owner of G 4513. Architectural element (lintel over chapel corridor entrance) and false door inscribed for Neferihy; also appears in chapel relief (west wall and east face of pillars); identified variously as [rx nswt wr mDw Sma nj-nst-xntt xrp sSw jrjw jaH jmj-r wr-xafra jmj-r nTrj-mnkAwra sHD wabw Hrj-sStA] royal acquaintance, great one of the tens of Upper Egypt, preeminent of place, director of scribes connected with the moon, overseer of the pyramids of Khafre and Menkaure, inspector of wab-priests, secretary; in situ in G 4513.

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.