Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 5550
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- Tomb Owner
- Nefer Idu [I] (G 5550)
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- Attested
- Hemetre (in G 5550)
- Idu (in G 5550)
- Iri (in G 5550)
- Mehuakhet (in G 5550)
- Mereri (in G 5550)
- Qar (in G 5550)
- Qut[. . .] (in G 5550)
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- Excavator
- George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942
- Hermann Junker, German, 1877–1962
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- PorterMoss Date
- Early Dynasty 6
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- Site Type
- Stone-built mastaba
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- Shafts
- S 754 a, chapel
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Fragment of N wall of G 5550, chapel
- RPM_2398
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Fragment of N wall of G 5550, chapel
- RPM_2400
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Fragment of S wall of G 5550, chapel
- RPM_2401
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Fragment of false door from G 5550
- RPM_2391
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Fragment of false door from G 5550
- RPM_2392
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Fragment of false door from G 5550
- RPM_2393
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Fragment of false door from G 5550
- RPM_2394
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Fragment of false door from G 5550
- RPM_2395
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Limestone door jamb of Nefer Idu [I]
- EMC_JE_44972
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- EMC_TR_11.5.14.8
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Brovarski, Edward. "False Doors & History: the Sixth Dynasty." In Miroslav Bárta, ed. The Old Kingdom Art and Archaeology. Proceedings of the Conference held in Prague, May 31-June 4, 2004. Prague: Czech Institute of Egyptology, 2006, pp. 89, 91, 101.
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, pp. 66-90, fig. 1, 25, 30-38, pls. 11-15, plan after pl. 28.
Kanawati, Naguib. "Decoration of Burial Chambers, Sarcophagi and Coffins in the Old Kingdom." In Khaled Daoud, Shafia Bedier & Sawsan Abd el-Fatah, eds. Studies in Honor of Ali Radwan. Supplément aux Annales du Service des Antiquités de l'Égypte, no. 34. Cairo: Supreme Council of Antiquities, 2005, p. 63.
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. 165, plan 16.
Ancient People
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- Type Attested
- Remarks Wife of Nefer Idu (owner of G 5550). Appears in chapel relief, north and south walls (blocks of relief from north and south walls = Hildesheim 2398-2400, Hildesheim 2390), name preserved only on north wall, identified as [Hmt-nTr Nt wptt wAwt] priestess of Neith Opener-of-the-Ways; found in G 5550.
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- Type Attested
- Remarks Probable son of Nefer Idu (owner of G 5550). Appears in chapel relief, south wall (blocks of relief from south wall = Hildesheim 2390), name and lower half of figure preserved, identified as [. . .pr-aA] . . .of the Great House; found in G 5550.
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- Type Attested
- Remarks Appears in chapel relief in tomb of Nefer Idu (owner of G 5550), north wall (blocks of relief from north wall = Hildesheim 2398-2400), butchering scene, lower half of figure and name preserved; found in G 5550.
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- Type Attested
- Remarks Appears in chapel relief in tomb of Nefer Idu (owner of G 5550), north wall (blocks of relief from north wall = Hildesheim 2398-2400), butchering scene, lower half of figure and name preserved; found in G 5550.
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- Type Attested
- Remarks Appears in chapel relief in tomb of Nefer Idu (owner of G 5550), south wall (blocks of relief from S wall = Hildesheim 2390), dwarf carrying monkey standing under chair of Nefer Idu and Hemetre; found in G 5550.
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- Type Tomb Owner
- Remarks Owner of G 5550. Nefer, [rn=f nfr] his good name Idu. False door (fragmentary, some fragments = Hildesheim 2391-2395), chapel entrance lintel (Hildesheim 2396-2397) and door jamb (Cairo JE 44972) inscribed for Nefer Idu, identified as [tAjtj sAb TAtj Hrj-tp nswt jmj-r Snwtj jmj-r wabtj jmj-r jswj Xkrw nswt Hrj-sStA nswt mdw rxjjt jwn-knmwt jmj-r Hwt-jHwt jmj-r wDt-mdw nbt StAt nswt jmj-r kAt nbt nt nswt sAb aD-mr sS a nswt] chief justice and vizier, royal chamberlain, overseer of the two granaries, overseer of the two wabets, overseer of the two bureaux of the king's ornaments, royal secretary, staff of the commoners, iun-kenmut priest, overseer of Hut-ihut, overseer of every secret royal decree, overseer of all royal works, judge and administrator, royal document scribe; also appears in chapel relief (blocks of relief from N and S walls = Hildesheim 2398-2400, Hildesheim 2390), identified as [jmj-r gswj-pr jmj-r Xnw jmj-r sxt nbt] overseer of the two workshops(?), overseer of the Residence, overseer of all fields; found in G 5550. Sarcophagus inscribed (in ink) for Nefer Idu, identified as [jmj-r prwj-HD jmj-r wabt jmj-r r-pr] overseer of the two treasuries, overseer of the wabet, overseer of the offering chapel; found in G 5550, burial chamber.
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- Type Attested
- Remarks Appears in chapel relief in tomb of Nefer Idu (owner of G 5550), south wall (blocks of relief from south wall = Hildesheim 2390), standing before offering table, and north wall (blocks of relief from north wall = Hildesheim 2398-2400), identified (in both places) as [jmj-r pr sHD Hmw-kA] steward, inspector of ka-priests; found in G 5550.
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- Type Attested
- Remarks Appears in chapel relief in tomb of Nefer Idu (owner of G 5550), north wall (blocks of relief from north wall = Hildesheim 2398-2400), holding bird on right edge of butchering scene, only arm of figure preserved and name very uncertain, possibly identified as [sS] scribe; found in G 5550.
Modern People
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- 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.
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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_B9208_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 5331, G 5233, Tjena, G 5550, G 2392
Description: Fragments of relief and inscription: item on left: [G 5331 A] 39-12-2 (fragment of false door); right, top row: [G 5233 "P", probably originally from mastaba of Tjena] 40-1-4 (inscribed false door drum lintel of Tjena); right, bottom row: [E of G 5550] 39-12-1 (upper item, fragment decorated on two sides), [G 5233 O, probably originally from mastaba of Tjena] 40-1-5b (lower item, fragment of false door), [debris above G 2392 C] 40-1-12b (fragment of relief, with the name Ibebi)
ID: PDM_01069
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 5550
Description: Cemetery G 5000: G 5550, looking NW
ID: PDM_01072
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 5550
Description: Cemetery G 5000: G 5550, looking SW
ID: KHM_AEOS_I_5657
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 5550
Description: Upper part of false door inscribed for Nefer Idu from G 5550 (in packing crate): Pelizaeus-Museum, Hildesheim (RPM_2392-2393)
ID: KHM_AEOS_I_5672
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 5550
Description: Fragment of chapel entrance lintel inscribed for Nefer Idu from G 5550: Pelizaeus-Museum, Hildesheim (RPM_2397)
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 5550
Description: Fragments of chapel entrance lintel inscribed for Nefer Idu from G 5550 (in packing crate): Pelizaeus-Museum, Hildesheim (RPM_2396)
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 5550
Description: Fragments of chapel entrance lintel inscribed for Nefer Idu from G 5550: Pelizaeus-Museum, Hildesheim (RPM_2396)
ID: KHM_AEOS_I_5679
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 5550
Description: Blocks of relief (Nefer Idu and his wife Hemetre seated at offering table, with dwarf carrying monkey below chair) from G 5550, chapel, S wall: Pelizaeus-Museum, Hildesheim 2390
ID: KHM_AEOS_I_5766
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 5550
Description: Cemetery G 5000: G 5550, fragments of false door inscribed for Nefer Idu (Pelizaeus-Museum, Hildesheim [RPM_2393-2394]), looking __
ID: KHM_AEOS_I_5770
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 5550
Description: Cemetery G 5000: G 5550, mouth of sloping shaft, looking W
ID: KHM_AEOS_I_5787
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 5550
Description: Cemetery G 5000: G 5550 (middle ground center), W face, looking E
ID: KHM_AEOS_I_5797
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 5550
Description: Fragments of false door inscribed for Nefer Idu (lower part of N outer jamb) from G 5550 (in packing crate): Egyptian Museum, Cairo (EMC_TR_11.5.14.8).
ID: KHM_AEOS_I_5829
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 5550
Description: Chapel entrance north door jamb inscribed for Nefer Idu from G 5550 (in packing crate): Egyptian Museum, Cairo JE 44972
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 5550, S 127/129
Description: Blocks of relief and inscription: top: two blocks of relief (offerings) from G 5550 chapel: left: S wall: part of Pelizaeus-Museum, Hildesheim (RPM_2401); right: N wall: part of Pelizaeus-Museum, Hildesheim (RPM_2398); bottom: block of inscription (compartment offering list) from mastaba S 127/129: Pelizaeus-Museum, Hildesheim (RPM_3257)
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 5550, S 127/129
Description: Blocks of relief and inscription: top: two blocks of relief (offerings) from G 5550 chapel: left: S wall: part of Pelizaeus-Museum, Hildesheim (RPM_2401); right: N wall: part of Pelizaeus-Museum, Hildesheim (RPM_2398); bottom: block of inscription (compartment offering list) from mastaba S 127/129: Pelizaeus-Museum, Hildesheim (RPM_3257)
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 5550
Description: Fragments of upper part of false door inscribed for Nefer Idu from G 5550: Pelizaeus-Museum, Hildesheim (RPM_2392-2393)
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 5550
Description: Block of relief from G 5550, chapel, N wall: part of Pelizaeus-Museum, Hildesheim (RPM_2400)
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 5550
Description: Block of relief from G 5550, chapel, N wall: part of Pelizaeus-Museum, Hildesheim (RPM_2400)
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