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G 7766

Eastern Cemetery

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14 of 45 • G 7766 Y, door block, before removing first stone [photo sequence I]
Cemetery G 7000: street G 7700, G 7766, E of G 7760 (= Lepsius 60), men at work, looking W
Cemetery G 7000: street G 7700, G 7766, E of G 7760 (= Lepsius 60), men at work, looking SW
Cemetery G 7000: street G 7700, G 7766, G 7765, and G 7752, E of G 7760 (= Lepsius 60), looking N; two western archaeologists at left are probably Noel F. Wheeler and possibly Hansmartin Handrick, Nicholas Melnikoff or Alexander Floroff
Amulets and ring: top row: [G 7755] 29-11-243 (= MFA 29.2605, conventionalized udjat), [G 7761 a C] 29-11-492 (= MFA 29.2754, udjat), [G 7752 W] 29-12-197 (= MFA 29.2800, wadj, papyrus column), [G 7765 D] 29-12-228 (= MFA 29.2807, one of three copper amulets or ornaments); middle row: [G 7766 Z] 29-12-222 (= MFA 29.2803, ring), [G 7765 D] 29-12-230 (= MFA 29.2808, bell-shaped pendant), 29-12-228 (= MFA 29.2807, two of three copper amulets or ornaments); bottom row: [G 7755] 29-11-242 (= MFA 29.2604, unidentified deity), 29-11-244 (= MFA 29.2606, Bes), [G 7752 a] 29-12-226 (= MFA 29.2806, hawk), [G 7761 B] 29-11-489 (= MFA 29.2753, Shu), [G 7750 Y] 29-12-191 (= MFA 29.2799, two amulets, Bes ?)
Cemetery G 7000 (area E of G 7760 = Lepsius 60): street G 7700, G 7766 (abutting E face of G 7760) and G 7765, looking N to G 7752 and G 7750
G 7766 Y, debris in entrance, looking S [photo sequence VI]
G 7766 Y, door block, before removing first stone [photo sequence I]
G 7766 Y, door block, first stone removed, looking S [photo sequence II]
G 7766, false doors, looking W
G 7766 Y, looking S [photo sequence III]
G 7766 Y, looking S [photo sequence IV] (more distant view than B7005)
G 7766 Y, looking S [photo sequence V] (more distant view than B7005)
Miscellaneous pottery in Giza storeroom: top row: possibly [G 7766 Z] 29-12-233, possibly [G 7752 W] 29-12-274, definitely [street G 7500] 28-5-41 (= MFA 47.1663), [] __-__-__, probably [G 7752 W] 29-12-277; middle row, right only: [] __-__-__; bottom row: possibly [G 7766 Z] 29-12-234, definitely [G 7766] 29-12-275, definitely [G 2140 A] 32-12-18 (= MFA 47.1661, two-handled combed ware jar), probably [G 7766 Z] 29-12-235

Eastern Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 7766

Details

  • Tomb Owner
    Niankhmin (G 7766)
  • Attested
    Nedjetempet (in G 7766)
  • Excavator
    George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942
  • Site Type
    Stone+Brick-built mastaba
  • Shafts
    G 7766 Chapel a; G 7766 Chapel b; G 7766 Chapel c; G 7766 A; G 7766 B; G 7766 C; G 7766 X;

Finds 37

Excavation Diary Pages 18

Maps & Plans 24

Drawings 8

Unpublished Documents 40

Full Bibliography

  • Fischer, Henry G. Egyptian Women of the Old Kingdom and of the Heracleopolitan Period. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000, p. 59, n. 43.

People 3

Ancient People

  • Nedjetempet (in G 7766)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Son of Niankhmin (owner(?) of G 7766, whose false door is beside that of his mother). See HU-MFA Expedition Photograph B7002_NS

  • Niankhmin (G 7766)

    • Type Tomb Owner
    • Remarks Son of Nedjetempet, whose false door is beside that of her son. See HU-MFA Expedition Photograph B7002_NS

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.