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G 5482

Western Cemetery

Maps and plans: Plan of Cemetery en Echelon

Details

  • Tomb Owner
    Ptahiufni (G 5482)
  • Excavator
    George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942
    Hermann Junker, German, 1877–1962
  • Attested
    Hemetre (in G 5482)
  • PorterMoss Date
    Dynasty 5-6
  • Site Type
    Stone-built mastaba
  • Shafts
    G 5482 A; G 5482 B; G 5482 C; G 5482 D
  • Remarks
    Mastaba is built against east side of G 5480. Mastaba shafts assigned by Reisner. Mastaba is drawn but not labeled on plan EG002029.

Excavation Diary Pages 5

Maps & Plans 10

Published Documents 3

Unpublished Documents 2

Full Bibliography

  • Junker, Hermann. Gîza 8. Der Ostabschnitt des Westfriedhofs, Zweiter Teil. Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien Philosophisch-historische Klasse Denkschriften 73, Abhandlung 1. Vienna: Rudolph M. Rohrer, 1947, p. 22, fig. 5, plan after pl. 28.

    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. 164.

People 4

Ancient People

  • Hemetre (in G 5482)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Wife of Ptahiufni (possible owner of G 5482). Name appears on fragment of inscription, identified as [rxt nswt] royal acquaintance; probably from G 5482.

  • Ptahiufni (G 5482)

    • Type Tomb Owner
    • Remarks Possible owner of G 5482. Name appears on fragment of inscription, identified as [Hm-nTr...wab nswt sHD Hmw-kA] priest of..., royal wab-priest, inspector of ka-priests; probably from G 5482.

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.

  • 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.