Digital Giza | G 4540

Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 4440, G 4540, G 4441, G 4450, G 4550

Excavator

George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942
PorterMoss Date

Middle or late Dynasty 4
Site Type

Stone-built mastaba
Shafts

G 4540 A; G 4540 Chapel a; G 4540 Chapel b; G 4540 Chapel c

Fragment of pottery basin
- HUMFA_13-12-16g
Fragmentary pottery basin
- HUMFA_13-12-31
Fragmentary pottery basin with tubular spout
- HUMFA_13-12-30a
Fragmentary pottery jars
- HUMFA_13-12-28
Fragmentary pottery jars
- HUMFA_13-12-29
Fragments of pottery and alabaster vessels
- HUMFA_13-12-22f
Fragments of pottery basin with tubular spout
- HUMFA_13-12-16d
Fragments of pottery basin with tubular spout
- HUMFA_13-12-30b
Fragments of pottery bowl
- HUMFA_13-12-16f
Fragments of pottery bowls with tubular spouts
- HUMFA_13-12-16e
Fragments of pottery jars
- HUMFA_13-12-16a
Fragments of pottery model jars
- HUMFA_13-12-16b
Fragments of pottery neckless shoulder jars
- HUMFA_13-12-16c
Fragments of wood
- HUMFA_13-12-20
Limestone reserve head
- HUMFA_13-12-11
Pottery jar
- HUMFA_13-12-33
Pottery model basins
- HUMFA_13-12-19
Pottery model basins
- HUMFA_13-12-21
Pottery model dish
- HUMFA_13-12-18
Pottery model jar
- PMAE_5882
Pottery model jar
- HUMFA_13-12-22b
Pottery model jar
- HUMFA_13-12-22d
Pottery model jar
- HUMFA_13-12-22e
Pottery model jars
- HUMFA_13-12-22a
Pottery model jars
- HUMFA_13-12-22c

Vol.07.p.003[4]
- Diary page dates 01/09/1914; 01/10/1914; 01/11/1914
Vol.07.p.004[4]
- Diary page dates 01/11/1914; 01/12/1914; 01/13/1914; 01/14/1914
Vol.07.p.005[4]
- Diary page dates 01/15/1914; 01/16/1914
Vol.07.p.024[3]
- Diary page dates 11/21/1913; 11/22/1913; 11/23/1913; 11/24/1913
Vol.07.p.025[3]
- Diary page dates 11/24/1913; 11/25/1913; 11/26/1913; 11/27/1913; 11/28/1913
Vol.07.p.026[3]
- Diary page dates 11/29/1913; 11/30/1913; 12/01/1913; 12/02/1913; 12/03/1913; 12/04/1913
Vol.07.p.028[3]
- Diary page dates 12/05/1913; 12/06/1913; 12/07/1913; 12/08/1913
Vol.07.p.033[3]
- Diary page dates 12/08/1913; 12/09/1913
Vol.07.p.034[3]
- Diary page dates 12/10/1913; 12/11/1913; 12/12/1913
Vol.07.p.035[3]
- Diary page dates 12/13/1913; 12/14/1913; 12/15/1913; 12/16/1913; 12/17/1913
Vol.07.p.036[3]
- Diary page dates 12/20/1913 through 12/26/1913
Vol.32.p.706
- Diary page dates 07/06/l938

G 4540, Shaft A, chamber: pottery, model jars
- ID HUMFA_EG024280
G 4540, Shaft A: pottery, jar
- ID HUMFA_EG024277
G 4540, Shaft A: pottery, jar
- ID HUMFA_EG024281
G 4540, Shaft A: pottery, model jar
- ID HUMFA_EG024278
G 4540: pottery
- ID HUMFA_EG024279
G 4540: pottery
- ID HUMFA_EG023941
Pottery from G 1457, G 2120,G 2370, G 4220, G 4340, G 4410, G 4530, G 4540, G 4630, G 4640, G 4720, G 4733, G 4930, G 6030, Street G 7000, G 7110-7120, G 7210-7220, G 7232, G 7410-7420, G 7510, G 7670, G 7766
- ID HUMFA_EG022092
Pottery from G 2120, G 4140, G 4240, G 4340, G 4440, G 4540, G 4940, G 5020-Annex, G 5031
- ID HUMFA_EG022136
Pottery, jars from G 1011, G 1370, G 2409, G 2416, G 4220, G 4240, G 4440, G 4510, G 4520, G 4540, G 4630, G 4631, G 4640, G 4720, G 4733, G 6050, Cemetery G 7000, Street G 7100, G 7200, Street G 7300, G 7560
- ID HUMFA_EG022144
Pottery, jars from G 2120, G 2150, G 4140, G 4240, G 4330, G 4440, G 4540, G 4630, G 7350
- ID HUMFA_EG022120

A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Chapter 11: The Funerary Equipment Found in Burial Chambers, Page 233
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A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Chapter 11: The Funerary Equipment Found in Burial Chambers, Page 233 (alternate version)
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A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Chapter 11: The Funerary Equipment Found in Burial Chambers, Page 325
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A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Chapter 11: The Funerary Equipment Found in Burial Chambers, Page 325 (alternate version)
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A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Chapter 11: The Funerary Equipment Found in Burial Chambers, Page 334
- ID: HUMFA_GN2_K05_ChapXIb_p334
A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Chapter 11: The Funerary Equipment Found in Burial Chambers, Page 334 (alternate version)
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A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Chapter 11: The Funerary Equipment Found in Burial Chambers, Page 335
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A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Chapter 11: The Funerary Equipment Found in Burial Chambers, Page 335 (alternate version)
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A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Chapter 11: The Funerary Equipment Found in Burial Chambers, Page 347
- ID: HUMFA_GN2_K05_ChapXIb_p347
A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Chapter 11: The Funerary Equipment Found in Burial Chambers, Page 347 (alternate version)
- ID: HUMFA_GN2_K04_ChapXIa_p347
A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Chapter 11: The Funerary Equipment Found in Burial Chambers, Page 351
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A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Chapter 11: The Funerary Equipment Found in Burial Chambers, Page 351 (alternate version)
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A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Chapter 11: The Funerary Equipment Found in Burial Chambers, Page 353
- ID: HUMFA_GN2_K05_ChapXIb_p353
A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Chapter 11: The Funerary Equipment Found in Burial Chambers, Page 353 (alternate version)
- ID: HUMFA_GN2_K04_ChapXIa_p353
A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Chapter 11: The Funerary Equipment Found in Burial Chambers, Page 383
- ID: HUMFA_GN2_K05_ChapXIb_p383
A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Chapter 11: The Funerary Equipment Found in Burial Chambers, Page 383 (alternate version)
- ID: HUMFA_GN2_K04_ChapXIa_p383
A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Chapter 11: The Funerary Equipment Found in Burial Chambers, Page 388
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A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Chapter 11: The Funerary Equipment Found in Burial Chambers, Page 388 (alternate version)
- ID: HUMFA_GN2_K04_ChapXIa_p388
A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Chapter 11: The Funerary Equipment Found in Burial Chambers, Page 389
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A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Chapter 11: The Funerary Equipment Found in Burial Chambers, Page 389 (alternate version)
- ID: HUMFA_GN2_K04_ChapXIa_p389
A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Chapter 11: The Funerary Equipment Found in Burial Chambers, Page 393
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A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Chapter 11: The Funerary Equipment Found in Burial Chambers, Page 393 (alternate version)
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A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Chapter 11: The Funerary Equipment Found in Burial Chambers, Page 395
- ID: HUMFA_GN2_K05_ChapXIb_p395
A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Chapter 11: The Funerary Equipment Found in Burial Chambers, Page 395 (alternate version)
- ID: HUMFA_GN2_K04_ChapXIa_p395
A History of the Giza Necropolis III, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Appendix N: Cemetery G 4000, page 014
- ID: HUMFA_GN3_L13_4000_p014
A History of the Giza Necropolis III, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Appendix N: Cemetery G 4000, page 015
- ID: HUMFA_GN3_L13_4000_p015
A History of the Giza Necropolis III, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Appendix N: Cemetery G 4000, page 016
- ID: HUMFA_GN3_L13_4000_p016
A History of the Giza Necropolis III, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Appendix N: Cemetery G 4000, page 017
- ID: HUMFA_GN3_L13_4000_p017
A History of the Giza Necropolis III, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Appendix N: Cemetery G 4000, page 018
- ID: HUMFA_GN3_L13_4000_p018
A History of the Giza Necropolis III, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Appendix N: Cemetery G 4000, page Contents2
- ID: HUMFA_GN3_L13_4000_Contents2
A History of the Giza Necropolis III, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Chapter 15: Chronological Order of Finished Mastabas in the Giza Necropolis, page 0002 contents_(expanded)
- ID: HUMFA_GN3_K14_contents_002
Entries: 13-10-1 to 14-2-34
- ID: HUMFA_OR.Vol.02
Packing List
- ID: HUMFA_PL629
Packing List
- ID: HUMFA_PL668
Packing List
- ID: HUMFA_PL682
Packing List
- ID: HUMFA_PL701
Packing List
- ID: HUMFA_PL709
Packing List
- ID: HUMFA_PL812
Packing List
- ID: HUMFA_PL844
Packing List
- ID: HUMFA_PL845
Packing List
- ID: HUMFA_PL848
Packing List
- ID: HUMFA_PL849
Packing List
- ID: HUMFA_PL876
Packing List
- ID: HUMFA_PL877

Jánosi, Peter. "The Tombs of Officials. Houses of Eternity." In Egyptian Art in the Age of the Pyramids. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1999, p. 38, note 39.

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, pp. 130-131.

Reisner, George A. "Accessions to the Egyptian Department During 1914." Bulletin of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 13, No. 76 (April 1915), pp. 29-31, figs 1-2.

Reisner, George A., and Clarence S. Fisher. "Preliminary Report on the Work of the Harvard-Boston Expedition in 1911-13." Annales du Service des Antiquités de l'Egypte 13 (1914), pp. 227-252.

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.