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Details

  • Tomb Owner
    Ankhtef (G 4911)
  • Excavator
    Ernesto Schiaparelli, Italian, 1856–1928
    George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942
  • Attested
    Djefat (in G 4911)
  • PorterMoss Date
    Dynasty 5-6
  • Site Type
    Rubble-built mastaba
  • Shafts
    G 4911 Chapel a; G 4911 Chapel b; G 4911 Chapel c; G 4911 A; G 4911 B; G 4911 C; G 4911 D; G 4911 E; G 4911 F; G 4911 G; G 4911 H; G 4911 I; G 4911 J; G 4911 K; G 4911 L; G 4911 M; G 4911 N
  • Remarks
    Mastaba fills street between G 4910 and G 4920.

Finds 14

Excavation Diary Pages 13

Maps & Plans 17

Drawings 2

Published Documents 2

Unpublished Documents 19

Full Bibliography

  • Curto, Silvio. Gli Scavi Italiani a el-Ghiza (1903). Rome: Centro Per Le Antichitá E La Storia Dell'Arte del Vicino Oriente, 1993, p. 74, fig. 24, pl. XIX.

    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. 141, plan 16.

People 4

Ancient People

  • Ankhtef (G 4911)

    • Type Tomb Owner
    • Remarks Owner of G 4911. False door (Turin S.1846) inscribed for Ankhtef, identified as [rx nswt wab nswt Hm-nTr xwfw] royal acquaintance, royal wab-priest, priest of Khufu; found in G 4911.
  • Djefat (in G 4911)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Wife ([Hmt=f] his wife) of Ankhtef (owner of G 4911). Appears on false door (Turin S.1846) inscribed for Ankhtef; found in G 4911.

Modern People

  • Ernesto Schiaparelli

    • Type Excavator
    • Nationality & Dates Italian, 1856–1928
    • Remarks Turin University; Egyptologist. Nationality and life dates from Who was Who in Egyptology.
  • 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.