G I-South Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Ptahhetep
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- Tomb Owner
- Ptahhetep (Ptahhetep)
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- Excavator
- Hermann Junker, German, 1877–1962
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- PorterMoss Date
- Dynasty 6
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- Site Type
- Stone-built mastaba
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- Shafts
- serdab 1; serdab 2; chapel
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- Remarks
- Mastaba is against south wall of Lepsius 53.
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Junker, Hermann. Gîza 11. Der Friedhof südlich der Cheopspyramide: Ostteil. Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien Philosophisch-historische Klasse Denkschriften 74, Abhandlung 2. Vienna: Rudolph M. Rohrer, 1953, pp. 92-94, 98-100, 124-125, 137, 263-268, figs. 49, 59, pl. 12 [d], plan after p. 298.
Lehmann, Katja. Der Serdab in den Privatgräbern des Alten Reiches 1-3. Ph.D. Dissertation, Universität Heidelberg, 2000, Kat. G352.
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. 228, plan 19.
Ancient People
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- Type Tomb Owner
- Remarks Owner of Ptahhetep (unnumbered mastaba excavated by Junker). False door (upper half not preserved) inscribed for Ptahhetep, identified as [jrj-pat smr watj] hereditary prince, sole companion; also appears in chapel relief (name not preserved, chapel mostly destroyed); in situ in mastaba of Ptahhetep (abutting south face of Seshemnefer [IV] complex). Probably same individual as Ptahhetep, son ([sA=f] his son) of Seshemnefer [IV] (owner of Lepsius 53). Appears in chapel relief, interior chapel entrance (north door jamb [reveal]), identified as [swnw pr-aA sHD Hmw-kA] physician of the Great House, inspector of ka-priests, and possibly also exterior chapel entrance = columned portico, north wall (only lower legs and end of name [...]hetep preserved); in situ in Lepsius 53.
Modern People
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- 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.
ID: HUMFA_A6977_NS
Subjects: G I-South Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Mastaba, VI, Mastaba VII, Mastaba VIII, Mastaba IX, Mastaba X, Nisusankh, Nisuhenu, Sehetepu Tepu, Heneni, Khenut, Lepsius 53, Lepsius 54, Lepsius 55, Seshemnefer-tjeti, Ptahhetep
Description: G I-South Cemetery (mastabas S of Khufu pyramid), E end, including Mastaba, VI, Mastaba VII, Mastaba VIII, Mastaba IX, Mastaba X, and mastabas of Nisusankh, Nisuhenu, Sehetepu Tepu, Heneni, Khenut, and Seshemnefer [IV] complex, looking SSE to Sphinx and beyond from top of Khufu pyramid
ID: HUMFA_EG019923
Subjects: Maps and plans: Plan 6: Cemetery G I-South of German-Austrian Excavation Concession (East Half)
Description: Partial plan of the German-Austrian concession: G I-South Cemetery, south of the Khufu pyramid, eastern half, published in H. Junker, Giza 10
ID: KHM_AEOS_II_5088
Subjects: G I-South Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Ptahhetep
Description: G I-South Cemetery: mastaba of Ptahhetep, E face, relief (lower portion of seated figure), looking W
ID: KHM_AEOS_II_5201
Subjects: G I-South Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Ptahhetep
Description: G I-South Cemetery: mastaba of Ptahhetep, burial chamber, sarcophagus, looking N
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Ptahhetep
Description: Blocks of inscription from mastaba of Ptahhetep (false door inscribed for Ptahhetep in background)
ID: KHM_AEOS_II_5280
Subjects: G I-South Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Ptahhetep
Description: G I-South Cemetery (Seshemnefer [IV] complex): mastaba of Ptahhetep (foreground), looking NW
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