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G 4646

Western Cemetery

Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 4646

Details

  • Tomb Owner
    Ity (G 4646)
  • Excavator
    Hermann Junker, German, 1877–1962
  • Junker No
    Ity
  • PorterMoss Date
    Late Dynasty 6
  • Site Type
    Stone-built mastaba
  • Shafts
    S 770; S 771; S 773; unnamed shaft; chapel
  • Remarks
    Junker identifies three shafts and draws a 4th that is unlabeled. Reisner says there is only one shaft.

Finds 1

Maps & Plans 3

Published Documents 3

Unpublished Documents 2

Full Bibliography

  • Junker, Hermann. "The Austrian Excavations, 1914." Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 1 (1914), p. 252.

    Junker, Hermann. Gîza 1. Die Mastabas der IV. Dynastie auf dem Westfriedhof. Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien Philosophisch-historische Klasse Denkschriften 69. Vienna & Leipzig: Hölder-Pichler-Tempsky, 1929, pl. 35 [b left].

    Junker, Hermann. Gîza 6. Die Mastabas des Nfr (Nefer), Kdfjj (Kedfi), Kahjf (Kahjef) und die westlich anschließenden Grabanlagen. Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien Philosophisch-historische Klasse Denkschriften 72, Abhandlung 1. Vienna & Leipzig: Hölder-Pichler-Tempsky, 1943, pp. 230-231, fig. 92-93, plan after p. 273.

    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    Reisner, unpublished manuscript, Box L 13, Description of Mastabas in Cemetery G 4000, page 22.

People 2

Ancient People

  • Ity (G 4646)

    • Type Tomb Owner
    • Remarks Owner of G 4646. False door (KHM Vienna ÄS 8536) inscribed for Ity, identified as [jmj-r st xntjw-S pr-aA sHD xntjw-S pr-aA smr pr] overseer of the department of palace attendants of the Great House, inspector of palace attendants of the Great House, companion of the house; lower part of false door found in situ in G 4646.

Modern People

  • Hermann Junker

    • Type Excavator
    • Nationality & Dates German, 1877–1962
    • Remarks Egyptologist, Director of German-Austrian expedition to Giza, 1911–1929. Published 12 volumes of final excavation reports from Giza expedition. Nationality and life dates from Who was Who in Egyptology.