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G 2136b

Western Cemetery

Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Nimaatre (G 2136b)

Details

  • Tomb Owner
    Nimaatre (G 2136b)
  • Excavator
    Hermann Junker, German, 1877–1962
  • Junker No
    Nimaatre
  • PorterMoss Date
    Late Old Kingdom
  • Site Type
    Stone-built mastaba
  • Shafts
    1 shaft; chapel
  • Remarks
    Mastaba is against northwest corner of G 2135 and southwest of G 2140. Contains one unlabeled shaft.

Finds 1

Maps & Plans 2

Published Documents 5

Full Bibliography

  • 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. 154-155, figs. 27, 50, 51, pl. 23 [b], plan after p. 273.

    Lehmann, Katja. Der Serdab in den Privatgräbern des Alten Reiches 1-3. Ph.D. Dissertation, Universität Heidelberg, 2000, Kat. G360.

    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. 75, plan 11.

People 2

Ancient People

  • Nimaatre (G 2136b)

    • Type Tomb Owner
    • Remarks Owner of G 2136b. Broken (incomplete) pair statue (Cairo JE 43962) of Nimaatre and his wife (unnamed); Nimaatre identified as [jmj-r wpwt pr-aA] overseer of commissions of the Great House; found in G 2136b serdab.

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.