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G 7230-7240

Eastern Cemetery

Details

  • Attested
    Ankhsekhmet (in G 7230-7240)
    Hordjedef Iteti (near G 7230-7240)
    Merenptah (in G 7230-7240)
    Nefretheres (in Street G 7100)
    Rekhnefer (in G 7230-7240)
  • Excavator
    George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942
  • Alternate Reisner No
    G 7230-7240: G 7230
    G 7230-7240: G 7240
  • Correct Double Mastaba No
    G 7230
    G 7240
  • Site Type
    Stone-built mastaba
  • Shafts
    G 7230 A; G 7230 B; G 7240 Chapel a; G 7240 Chapel b; G 7240 Chapel c; G 7240 Chapel d; G 7240 Chapel e; G 7240 Chapel f; G 7240 Chapel g; G 7240 Chapel h; G 7240 I; G 7240 J

Finds 134

Excavation Diary Pages 89

Maps & Plans 25

Drawings 8

Unpublished Documents 57

Full Bibliography

  • Flentye, Laurel. "The Development of Art in the Eastern and GIS Cemeteries at Giza during the Fourth Dynasty: Iconography and Style." In Jean-Claude Goyon and Christine Cardin, eds. Proceedings of the Ninth International Congress of Egyptologists, Grenoble, 6-12 septembre 2004, vol. I. Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta 150. Leuven: Uitgeveru Peeters en Departement Oosterse Studies, 2007, pp. 722, note 3, fig. 1.

    Jánosi, Peter. "Bemerkungen zur Entstehung, Lage und Datierung der Nekropolenfelder von Giza unter Cheops." Sokar 4 (1. Halbjahr 2002), pp. 7-9, unnumbered figures.

Photos 40

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People 6

Ancient People

  • Ankhsekhmet (in G 7230-7240)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Set of ushabtis (complete and fragments: including 26-3-54, 26-3-96, 26-4-35, 26-4-36, 26-4-37, 26-4-44, 26-4-56, 26-4-60) inscribed for Ankhsekhmet; found in G 7230 B and scattered in Street G 7100 and Street G 7200.

  • Hordjedef Iteti (near G 7230-7240)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Small (Dynasty 6) limestone false door (29-2-37a) inscribed for Hordjedef, [rn=f nfr] his good name Iteti; found in Street G 7200, built into mud brick wall between G 7230 and G 7240.

  • Merenptah (in G 7230-7240)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Father of Rekhnefer. Name appears ushabtis (26-4-58) inscribed for Rekhnefer; found in G 7230 B VIII debris.

  • Nefretheres (in Street G 7100)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Mother of Horiuefankh. Name appears on ushabtis (fragments: 24-12-626, 25-1-704, 25-2-268, 26-3-169) inscribed for Horiuefankh; found widely scattered in Street G 7100 and vicinity (G 7130 X = G 7133 and G 7141) and in Street G 7500.

  • Rekhnefer (in G 7230-7240)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Son of Merenptah. Ushabtis (26-4-58) inscribed for Rekhnefer; found in G 7230 B VIII debris.

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.