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Nefer [III]

Western Cemetery

Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2155, G 2135, Nefer III, Qedfy (G 2135a), G 4761

Details

  • Tomb Owner
    Nefer [III] (Nefer [III])
  • Excavator
    Hermann Junker, German, 1877–1962
  • PorterMoss Date
    Late Old Kingdom
  • Site Type
    Mud-brick mastaba w/ stone casing
  • Shafts
    S 280; S 280 a; S 280 b; S 281; S 281 b; S 281 c; S 281 d; S 281 e; S 281 f
  • Remarks
    Mastaba is drawn against east wall of G 2135 but not labeled on plan EG019920.

Maps & Plans 1

Published Documents 2

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. 93-94, figs. 26, 51, 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. 75, plan 11.

People 2

Ancient People

  • Nefer [III] (Nefer [III])

    • Type Tomb Owner
    • Remarks Owner of Nefer [III] (unnumbered mastaba excavated by Junker). Name (perhaps only partially preserved) and part of offering formula appear on false door (badly weathered), bottom of north jamb; in situ in Nefer [III].

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.