Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 4640, G 4740, G 4643
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- Excavator
- George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942
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- PorterMoss Date
- Middle or late Dynasty 4
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- Site Type
- Stone-built mastaba
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- Shafts
- G 4640 A; G 4640 Chapel a; G 4640 Chapel b; G 4640 Chapel c
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- HUMFA_13-12-8
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- HUMFA_13-12-6
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- HUMFA_13-12-10
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- HUMFA_13-12-35
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- HUMFA_13-12-24g
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Fragments of alabaster offering table
- HUMFA_13-12-34
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Fragments of pottery model jars
- HUMFA_13-12-24c
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- EMC_JE_46216
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- HUMFA_13-12-24d
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Pottery bowl with recurved rim and tubular spout
- HUMFA_13-12-24e
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- HUMFA_13-12-24f
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- HUMFA_13-12-15
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- HUMFA_13-12-26
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- HUMFA_13-12-24b
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- HUMFA_13-12-14
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- HUMFA_13-12-13
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- PMAE_5880
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- HUMFA_13-12-25
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- HUMFA_13-12-24a
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- HUMFA_13-12-27
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- HUMFA_13-12-23
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- HUMFA_13-12-5
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- HUMFA_13-12-9
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- Diary page dates 01/01/1914; 01/02/1914; 01/03/1914; 01/04/1914; 01/05/1914
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- Diary page dates 01/09/1914; 01/10/1914; 01/11/1914
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- Diary page dates 01/15/1914; 01/16/1914
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- Diary page dates 12/05/1913; 12/06/1913; 12/07/1913; 12/08/1913
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- Diary page dates 12/08/1913; 12/09/1913
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- Diary page dates 12/10/1913; 12/11/1913; 12/12/1913
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- Diary page dates 12/13/1913; 12/14/1913; 12/15/1913; 12/16/1913; 12/17/1913
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- Diary page dates 12/20/1913 through 12/26/1913
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- Diary page dates 12/27/1913; 12/28/1913; 12/29/1913; 12/30/1913; 12/31/1913
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G 4640, Shaft A: pottery, model basins
- ID HUMFA_EG024274
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G 4640, Shaft A: pottery, model jar
- ID HUMFA_EG024273
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G 4640: pottery, model vessels
- ID HUMFA_EG024149
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Objects, alabaster and pottery, from G 4640, Shaft A, and G 4740
- ID HUMFA_EG024276
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Vessels, alabaster and pottery, from G 4640, Shaft A, and G 4740
- ID HUMFA_EG024275
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- ID: HUMFA_GN3_L13_4000_p017
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- ID: HUMFA_GN3_L13_4000_p018
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- ID: HUMFA_GN3_L13_4000_p019
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- ID: HUMFA_GN3_L13_4000_p020
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- ID: HUMFA_GN3_L13_4000_p023a
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- ID: HUMFA_GN3_L13_4000_p035
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- ID: HUMFA_GN3_L13_4000_Contents3
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- ID: HUMFA_GN3_L13_4000mm_p021a
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- ID: HUMFA_GN3_L13_4000mm_p021b
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- ID: HUMFA_GN3_L13_4000mm_p022
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- ID: HUMFA_GN3_L13_4000mm_p039
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- ID: HUMFA_OR.Vol.02
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G 4640, Shaft A, notes (and doodle sketch on back of tomb card)
- ID: HUMFA_EG016065
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- ID: HUMFA_PL849
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- ID: HUMFA_PL668
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- ID: HUMFA_PL877
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- ID: HUMFA_PL812
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- ID: HUMFA_PL845
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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. 134.
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, fig. 1.
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
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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_C5417_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 4540, G 4640
Description: Cemetery G 4000: street between G 4540 (to W) and G 4640 (to E), looking SSW
ID: HUMFA_C5464_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 4640, G 4740
Description: Cemetery G 4000: street between G 4640 (to W) and G 4740 (to E), looking N
ID: HUMFA_C5465_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 4640, G 4650, G 4646
Description: Cemetery G 4000: street between G 4640 (to S) and G 4650 (= VI s) (to N), G 4646 (abutting S end of G 4650), looking W
ID: HUMFA_B2107P_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 4740, G 4730, G 4731, G 4732, G 4640
Description: Cemetery G 4000: street between G 4740 (to N) and G 4730 (to S), G 4732 and G 4731 (abutting S end of G 4740), looking W (false door of G 4640, middle ground right)
ID: HUMFA_EG019920
Subjects: Maps and plans: Plan 3: Western Cemetery of German-Austrian Excavation Concession (Central Strip)
Description: Tombs appearing on this map: D 103, D 105, D 106, D 107, D 108, D 109, D 110, D 111, D 112, D 220, G 2000, G 2100-I, G 2100-II, G 2120, G 2135, G 2136, G 2140, G 2155, G 2156, G 2160, G 4000, G 4140, G 4150, G 4160, G 4240, G 4241, G 4250, G 4260, G 4340, G 4350, G 4351, G 4360, G 4361, G 4440, G 4442, G 4450, G 4451, G 4452, G 4453, G 4460, G 4461, G 4462, G 4540, G 4544, G 4550, G 4551, G 4552, G 4560, G 4561, G 4640, G 4644, G 4645, G 4646, G 4650, G 4651, G 4660, G 4740, G 4750, G 4751, G 4752, G 4760, G 4761, G 4762, G 4763, G 4764, G 4765, G 4840, G 4850, G 4851, G 4860, G 4940, G 4941, G 4950, G 4960, Block Mastaba, Djednefret, Hesy, Ibinezem, Iuf, Kaninisut [III], Kedfy, Kednes [I], Khenu, Khnemu, Kheptjet, Khuy, Maet-hep, Mastaba of Companion, Mastaba X, Medunefer (1), Meruka, Minu, Nefer [II], Neferen, Neferihi, Niankh-hathor, Nikaukhnum & Neferesris, Nimaatre, Nisu, Nu, Ptahwer, Sensen, Shepsi, User, Weri, Werkai, S 1, S 2, S 3, S 4/13, S 5/18, S 8/82, S 17, S 18/84, S 20/24, S 27, S 28, S 29, S 51/56, S 53/86, S 57, S 60/103, S 67/90, S 68/78, S 72/79, S 80a, S 83, S 85, S 87, S 91/93, S 95/112, S 97, S 100a, S 104, S 106/117, S 108, S 109, S 111/115, S 114, S 116, S 118, S 119, S 120/666, S 122, S 128, S 129, S 137, S 174, S 179, S 219, S 262, S 292/294, S 296/876, S 299/303, S 304, S 406, S 984, S 1011, S 1013, S 1016, S 1020, S 1023/1024, S 2000/2005, S 2006, S 2007, S 2033, S 2034, S 2035, S 2040/2043, S 2065, S 2071/2145, S 2083, S 2090, S 2109, S 2110/2111, S 2112/2115, S 2120/2126, S 2153, S 2155, S 2171/2176, S 2174, S 2177, S 2181/2260, S 2191/2199, S 2192/2213, S 2195/2196, S 2203/2207, S 2205/2212, S 2208/2232, S 2225/2227, S 2393/2427, S 2390, S 2391, S 2404, S 2405, S 2407/2413, S 2411, S 2414, S 2416, S 2417, S 2419/2428, S 2420/2421, S 2422/2423, S 2426, S 2430, S 2433/2439, S 2435, S 2443, S 2441, S 2446
ID: HUMFA_C5441_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4640, G 4540, G 4340, G 4240, G 4140, G 4440
Description: Eight limestone reserve heads: [G 4640] 13-12-7 (= Cairo JE 46216), [G 4540] 13-12-11 (= MFA 21.328), [G 4340] 13-10-69 (= Cairo JE 46218), [G 4240] 13-11-60 (= Cairo JE 46215), [G 4140] 13-11-1 (= Cairo JE 46217), [G 4140] 13-10-70 (= MFA 14.717), [G 4440] 13-11-90 (= MFA 14.718), [G 4440] 13-11-91 (= MFA 14.719) (photographed in Harvard Camp workroom)
ID: HUMFA_C5416_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 4640
Description: Cemetery G 4000: G 4640 A, limestone reserve head (13-12-7 = Cairo JE 46216) in situ in pit
ID: HUMFA_C5463_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 4640, G 4740, G 4643
Description: Cemetery G 4000: street between G 4640 (to W) and G 4740 (to E), pits of G 4643 in street, looking S
ID: HUMFA_C5467_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 4730, G 4740, G 4731, G 4641, G 4640, G 4633+4634
Description: Cemetery G 4000: street between G 4730 through G 4630 (to S) and G 4740 through G 4640 (to N), G 4731 (abutting S end of G 4740), G 4641 (abutting SW corner of G 4740), G 4633+4634 (abutting N end of G 4630), looking W (false door of G 4640, middle ground right)
ID: HUMFA_C5420_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 4640
Description: Cemetery G 4000: G 4640 A, burial chamber, canopic pit in SE corner, looking SE
ID: HUMFA_C5435_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4640
Description: Limestone reserve head from G 4640 A (front): 13-12-7 (= Egyptian Museum, Cairo JE 46216)
ID: HUMFA_C5469_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 4630, G 4640, G 4730, G 4740, G 4632, G 4731, G 4732
Description: Cemetery G 4000: street between G 4630 through G 4730 (to S) and G 4640 through G 4740 (to N), G 4632 (abutting SW corner of G 4640), G 4731 and G 4732 (abutting S end of G 4740), looking E
ID: HUMFA_C5422_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 4640
Description: Cemetery G 4000: G 4640 A, burial chamber, canopic pit in SE corner, scattered human bones, looking ESE
ID: HUMFA_C5446_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 4540, G 4640, G 4543, G 4542, G 4541
Description: Cemetery G 4000: street between G 4540 (to E) and G 4640 (to E), remains of mud brick chapel of G 4540 and G 4543 (foreground), pits of G 4542 and G 4541 in street, looking N
ID: PDM_01241
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 4640
Description: G 4640, looking NW from top of G 4730
ID: HUMFA_B2105_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 4640, G 4740, G 4630, G 4730, G 4643, G 4642
Description: Cemetery G 4000: street between G 4640 (to W) and G 4740 (to E), showing masonry between N end of G 4630 (to W) and N end of G 4730 (to E), pits of G 4643 and G 4642 in street, looking S
ID: HUMFA_C5443_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4640, G 4540, G 4340, G 4240, G 4140, G 4440
Description: Eight limestone reserve heads: [G 4640] 13-12-7 (= Cairo JE 46216), [G 4540] 13-12-11 (= MFA 21.328), [G 4340] 13-10-69 (= Cairo JE 46218), [G 4240] 13-11-60 (= Cairo JE 46215), [G 4140] 13-10-70 (= MFA 14.717), [G 4140] 13-11-1 (= Cairo JE 46217), [G 4440] 13-11-90 (= MFA 14.718), [G 4440] 13-11-91 (= MFA 14.719) (photographed in Harvard Camp workroom)
ID: HUMFA_C5455_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4640
Description: Alabaster cylinder jar and two alabaster bowls from G 4640 A: top row: 13-12-6 (= MFA 21.2616, bowl), 13-12-10 (= MFA 21.2618, jar); bottom row: 13-12-8 (= MFA 21.2615, bowl)
ID: HUMFA_C5456_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4240, G 4440, G 4640
Description: Flints (obverse): [G 4240 A] 13-11-95 (= MFA 13.5663, upper), 13-11-96 (lower), [G 4440 A] 13-11-100, [G 4640 A] 13-12-5, 13-12-9
ID: HUMFA_C5434_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4640
Description: Limestone reserve head from G 4640 A (quarter view proper right): 13-12-7 (= Egyptian Museum, Cairo JE 46216)
ID: HUMFA_C5425_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 4640
Description: Cemetery G 4000: G 4640 A, porcullis slab, looking SSE
ID: HUMFA_C5442_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4640, G 4540, G 4340, G 4240, G 4140, G 4440
Description: Eight limestone reserve heads: [G 4640] 13-12-7 (= Cairo JE 46216), [G 4540] 13-12-11 (= MFA 21.328), [G 4340] 13-10-69 (= Cairo JE 46218), [G 4240] 13-11-60 (= Cairo JE 46215), [G 4140] 13-10-70 (= MFA 14.717), [G 4140] 13-11-1 (= Cairo JE 46217), [G 4440] 13-11-91 (= MFA 14.719), [G 4440] 13-11-90 (= MFA 14.718) (photographed in Harvard Camp workroom)
ID: HUMFA_A2087_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 4740, G 4640, G 4643, G 4642, G 4750, G 4650
Description: Cemetery G 4000: street between G 4740 (to E) and G 4640 (to W), G 4643 and G 4642 (in street between), looking S to N end of G 4631 (between G 4730 and G 4630) and beyond to Khafre pyramid (Junker's German-Austrian concession in foreground; S ends of G 4750, foreground left, and G 4650, foreground right)
ID: HUMFA_C5478_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4640
Description: Skull from G 4640 A (profile proper right)
ID: HUMFA_C5451_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4640, G 4330, G 4540
Description: Pottery: top row: [G 4640 A] 13-12-15c (= MFA 13.5825.3, one of three model basins), [G 4540 A] 13-12-19b (= MFA 13.5826.2, one of two model basins), [G 4640 A] 13-12-14 (one of twelve model dishes), [G 4540 A] 13-12-19a (= MFA 13.5826.1, one of two model basins); bottom row: [G 4330 A] 13-12-3d (= MFA 20.1925, small jar), [G 23__] __-__-__ (unregistered = MFA 20.1942, concave-sided cylinder jar)
ID: HUMFA_C5445_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 4540, G 4640, G 4541, G 4542
Description: Cemetery G 4000: street between G 4640 (to E) and G 4540 (to W), remains of mud brick chapel of G 4540, pits of G 4541 and G 4542 in street, looking S
ID: HUMFA_B2104_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 4640, G 4740, G 4642, G 4643, G 4641
Description: Cemetery G 4000: street between G 4640 (to W) and G 4740 (to E), remains of chapel and false door in situ on E face of G 4640, G 4642 and G 4643 in street to N, looking N (G 4641, foreground right)
ID: HUMFA_B2107_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 4740, G 4730, G 4731, G 4732, G 4640
Description: Cemetery G 4000: street between G 4740 (to N) and G 4730 (to S), G 4732 and G 4731 (abutting S end of G 4740), looking W (false door of G 4640, middle ground right)
ID: HUMFA_C5457_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4240, G 4440, G 4640
Description: Flints (reverse): [G 4240 A] 13-11-95 (= MFA 13.5663, upper), 13-11-96 (lower), [G 4440 A] 13-11-100, [G 4640 A] 13-12-5, 13-12-9
ID: HUMFA_C5444_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4640, G 4540, G 4340, G 4240, G 4140, G 4440
Description: Eight limestone reserve heads: [G 4640] 13-12-7 (= Cairo JE 46216), [G 4540] 13-12-11 (= MFA 21.328), [G 4340] 13-10-69 (= Cairo JE 46218), [G 4240] 13-11-60 (= Cairo JE 46215), [G 4140] 13-10-70 (= MFA 14.717), [G 4140] 13-11-1 (= Cairo JE 46217), [G 4440] 13-11-91 (= MFA 14.719), [G 440] 13-11-90 (= MFA 14.718) (photographed in Harvard Camp workroom)
ID: HUMFA_C5468_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 4640, G 4630, G 4633+4634
Description: Cemetery G 4000: street between G 4640 (to N) and G 4630 (to S), G 4633+4634 (abutting N end of G 4630), looking SW
ID: HUMFA_C5476_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4640
Description: Skull from G 4640 A (profile proper left)
ID: PDM_1993.066.35
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4640
Description: Egyptian Museum, Cairo: limestone reserve head from G 4640 A (quarter view proper right): 13-12-7 (= Egyptian Museum, Cairo JE 46216)
ID: HUMFA_C5449_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4640
Description: Pottery: twelve thick flat model dishes from G 4640 A: 13-12-14 (= MFA 20.1926)
ID: HUMFA_EG016051
Subjects: Maps and plans: Plan of G 4632 and G 4633+4634, with position of G 4640 & Drawing of G 4631 false door
ID: HUMFA_C5432_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4640
Description: Limestone reserve head from G 4640 A (quarter view proper left): 13-12-7 (= Egyptian Museum, Cairo JE 46216)
ID: HUMFA_C5480_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4640
Description: Skull from G 4640 A (top)
ID: HUMFA_C5431_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4640
Description: Limestone reserve head from G 4640 A (profile proper left): 13-12-7 (= Egyptian Museum, Cairo JE 46216)
ID: HUMFA_C5479_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4640
Description: Skull from G 4640 A (back)
ID: PDM_1993.066.36
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4640
Description: Egyptian Museum, Cairo: limestone reserve head from G 4640 A (quarter view proper left): 13-12-7 (= Egyptian Museum, Cairo JE 46216)
ID: HUMFA_C5477_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4640
Description: Skull from G 4640 A (front)
ID: HUMFA_C5433_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4640
Description: Limestone reserve head from G 4640 A (profile proper right): 13-12-7 (= Egyptian Museum, Cairo JE 46216)
ID: HUMFA_C5454_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4540, G 4640
Description: Pottery: model jars: top row: [G 4640 A] 13-12-12 (= Peabody 5880, jar), [G 4540 A] 13-12-22b (= MFA 20.1929, jar), 13-12-22d (= MFA 20.1931, bag-shaped jar), 13-12-22c (one of three neckless shoulder jars), 13-12-22c (= MFA 20.1930, one of three neckless shoulder jars); bottom row: [G 4540 A] 13-12-22a (= MFA 20.1927, one of two jars), 13-12-17 (= Peabody 5882, jar), [] __-__-__, [G 4640 A] 13-12-13 (= MFA 13.5823), [G 4540 A] 13-12-22a (= MFA 20.1928, one of two jars)
ID: PDM_1993.066.34
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4640
Description: Egyptian Museum, Cairo: limestone reserve head from G 4640 A (front): 13-12-7 (= Egyptian Museum, Cairo JE 46216)
ID: HUMFA_C5450_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4640
Description: Alabaster vessels from G 4640 A: 13-12-10 (= MFA 21.2618, cylinder jar), 13-12-8 (= MFA 21.2615, bowl)
ID: HUMFA_C5430_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 4640
Description: Cemetery G 4000: G 4640 A, entrance of burial chamber, door block, looking SSE
