G 5552

Western Cemetery

Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2370, G 5555, G 5554, G 5553, G 5552, G 2342 = G 5520, G 5540, G 5551

Excavator

George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942
Alternate Reisner No

G 2359
PorterMoss Date

Dynasty 6
Site Type

Stone-built mastaba
Shafts

G 5552 A
Remarks

Renamed. Originally G 2359 A

Alabaster cylinder jar
- HUMFA_33-3-43

Vol.26.p.1242
- Diary page dates 03/22/1933; 03/24/1933
Vol.26.p.1243
- Diary page dates 03/25/1933; 03/26/1933; 03/27/1933
Vol.26.p.1244
- Diary page dates 03/27/1933; 03/28/1933; 03/29/1933; 03/30/1933
Vol.27.p.204
- Diary page dates 12/03/1935; 12/04/1935
Vol.27.p.208
- Diary page dates 12/05/1935; 12/06/1935
Vol.28.p.211
- Diary page dates 12/07/1935
Vol.28.p.216
- Diary page dates 12/07/1935
Vol.28.p.218
- Diary page dates 12/07/1935
Vol.28.p.283
- Diary page dates 04/01/1936
Vol.28.p.284
- Diary page dates 04/02/1936; 04/03/1936; 04/04/1936
Vol.28.p.287
- Diary page dates 04/04/1936; 04/04/1936

Cylinder jars from G 5552 and G 7145+7147: G 7147, Shaft B
- ID HUMFA_EG021998
Objects from G 1201, G 1223, G 1407, G 4530, G 5030, G 5552, G 7070, G 7350 , G 7550
- ID HUMFA_EG022278

A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Chapter 11: The Funerary Equipment Found in Burial Chambers, Page 241
- ID: HUMFA_GN2_K05_ChapXIb_p241
A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Chapter 11: The Funerary Equipment Found in Burial Chambers, Page 241 (alternate version)
- ID: HUMFA_GN2_K04_ChapXIa_p241
A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Chapter 11: The Funerary Equipment Found in Burial Chambers, Tombs by Dynasty Chart, Page Tchart (11)
- ID: HUMFA_GN2_K05_ChapXIb_Tchart
A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Chapter 14: The Masons’ Lines and the Quarry-marks Found in the Mastabas, Page 720
- ID: HUMFA_GN2_K09_ChapXIV_p720
A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Chapter 14: The Masons’ Lines and the Quarry-marks Found in the Mastabas, Page 720 (alternate version)
- ID: HUMFA_GN2_K09_ChapXIVb_p720
A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Chapter 14: The Masons’ Lines and the Quarry-marks Found in the Mastabas, Page 720add (alternate version)
- ID: HUMFA_GN2_K09_ChapXIVb_p720add
A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Chapter 14: The Masons’ Lines and the Quarry-marks Found in the Mastabas, Page 728
- ID: HUMFA_GN2_K09_ChapXIV_p728
A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Chapter 14: The Masons’ Lines and the Quarry-marks Found in the Mastabas, Page 728 (alternate version)
- ID: HUMFA_GN2_K09_ChapXIVb_p728
A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, GN2–Additional Material: Description of Addition to Cemetery en Échelon, Page AddCemEch Index 2
- ID: HUMFA_GN2_K10_ApxCemEch_IDX2
A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, GN2–Additional Material: Description of Addition to Cemetery en Échelon, Page AddCemEch 056 j
- ID: HUMFA_GN2_K10_ApxCemEch_p056 j
A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, GN2–Additional Material: Description of Addition to Cemetery en Échelon, Page AddCemEch 056 j
- ID: HUMFA_GN2_K10_ApxCemEch_p056 j
A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, GN2–Additional Material: Description of Addition to Cemetery en Échelon, Page AddCemEch 056 y
- ID: HUMFA_GN2_K10_ApxCemEch_p056 y
A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, GN2–Additional Material: Description of Addition to Cemetery en Échelon, Page AddCemEch 056 z
- ID: HUMFA_GN2_K10_ApxCemEch_p056 z
A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, GN2–Additional Material: Description of Addition to Cemetery en Échelon, Page AddCemEch 056aa
- ID: HUMFA_GN2_K10_ApxCemEch_p056aa
A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, GN2–Additional Material: Description of Addition to Cemetery en Échelon, Page AddCemEch 065
- ID: HUMFA_GN2_K10_ApxCemEch_p065
Entries: 33-2-142 to 34-10-4
- ID: HUMFA_OR.Vol.25

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. 84.

Reisner, unpublished manuscript, Box K 10, Description of Additions to Cemetery en Eschelon, p. 56 z.

Smith, William Stevenson. "Inscriptional Evidence for the History of the Fourth Dynasty." Journal of Near Eastern Studies 11 (1952), pp. 118, 127, fig. 6.

Verner, Miroslav. "Contemporaneous Evidence for the Relative Chronology of Dyns. 4 and 5." In Erik Hornung, Rolf Krauss & David A. Warburton, eds. Ancient Egyptian Chronology, Leiden/Boston: Brill, 2006, p. 136.

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.