Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2370, G 5555, G 5554, G 5553, G 5552, G 2342 = G 5520, G 5540, G 5551
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- Excavator
- George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942
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- Alternate Reisner No
- G 2359
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- PorterMoss Date
- Dynasty 6
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- Site Type
- Stone-built mastaba
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- Shafts
- G 5552 A
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- Remarks
- Renamed. Originally G 2359 A
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- HUMFA_33-3-43
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- Diary page dates 03/22/1933; 03/24/1933
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- Diary page dates 03/25/1933; 03/26/1933; 03/27/1933
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- Diary page dates 03/27/1933; 03/28/1933; 03/29/1933; 03/30/1933
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- Diary page dates 12/03/1935; 12/04/1935
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- Diary page dates 12/05/1935; 12/06/1935
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- Diary page dates 12/07/1935
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- Diary page dates 12/07/1935
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- Diary page dates 12/07/1935
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- Diary page dates 04/01/1936
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- Diary page dates 04/02/1936; 04/03/1936; 04/04/1936
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- Diary page dates 04/04/1936; 04/04/1936
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Cylinder jars from G 5552 and G 7145+7147: G 7147, Shaft B
- ID HUMFA_EG021998
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- ID: HUMFA_OR.Vol.25
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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Reisner, unpublished manuscript, Box K 10, Description of Additions to Cemetery en Eschelon, p. 56 z.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
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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.
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 5552
Description: Cemetery G 5000 (cemetery G 2300): area S of G 2370 (Senedjemib Complex): G 2359 A (= G 5552 A), plug stone (?), looking W
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 5552, G 5553, G 5561, G 5551, G 5563, G 5564
Description: Cemetery G 5000 (cemetery G 2300): area S of G 2370 (Senedjemib Complex): G 2359 (= G 5552 + G 5553) (foreground), G 2347 (= G 5551) (to N), exterior pits associated with G 2357 (= G 5561) (to E of G 2359), G 2347a (= G 5563 + G 5564) (to E of G 2347), looking NE
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 5551, G 5563, G 5564, G 5552, G 5553, G 5554, G 5555, G 5561, G 2342 = G 5520
Description: Cemetery G 5000 (cemetery G 2300): area S of G 2370 (Senedjemib Complex): G 2347a (= G 5563 + G 5564), looking SW to G 2347 (= G 5551), G 2359 (= G 5552 + G 5553), G 2357 (= G 5554 + G 5555 + G 5561) and G 2342 (= G 5520 = Lepsius 28)
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 5555, G 5554, G 5561, G 5552, G 5553, G 5551, G 5540, G 2342 = G 5520
Description: Cemetery G 5000 (cemetery G 2300): area S of G 2370 (Senedjemib Complex): G 2357 (= G 5555 + G 5554 + G 5561), G 2359 (= G 5552 + G 5553), G 2347 (= G 5551), G 2341 (= G 5540), G 2342 (= G 5520 = Lepsius 28), looking WWN
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2370, G 5555, G 5554, G 5553, G 5552, G 2342 = G 5520, G 5540, G 5551
Description: Cemetery G 5000 (cemetery G 2300): area S of G 2370 (Senedjemib Complex): G 2357 (= G 5555 + G 5554 + G 5561), G 2359 (= G 5553 + G 5552), G 2342 (= G 5520 = Lepsius 28), G 2341 (= G 5540), G 2347 (= G 5551), looking WNW
ID: HUMFA_B8642_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 5552, G 5553
Description: Cemetery G 5000 (cemetery G 2300): area S of G 2370 (Senedjemib Complex): G 2359 (= G 5552), foundations, looking SSE
ID: HUMFA_B8572_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 5552
Description: Cemetery G 5000 (cemetery G 2300): area S of G 2370 (Senedjemib Complex): G 2359 A (= G 5552 A), plug stone (?), looking W
ID: HUMFA_B8573_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 5552, G 5553, G 5561, G 5551, G 5563, G 5564
Description: Cemetery G 5000 (cemetery G 2300): area S of G 2370 (Senedjemib Complex): G 2359 (= G 5552 + G 5553) (foreground), G 2347 (= G 5551) (to N), exterior pits associated with G 2357 (= G 5561) (to E of G 2359), G 2347a (= G 5563 + G 5564) (to E of G 2347), looking NE
ID: HUMFA_B8574_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 5551, G 5563, G 5564, G 5552, G 5553, G 5554, G 5555, G 5561, G 2342 = G 5520
Description: Cemetery G 5000 (cemetery G 2300): area S of G 2370 (Senedjemib Complex): G 2347a (= G 5563 + G 5564), looking SW to G 2347 (= G 5551), G 2359 (= G 5552 + G 5553), G 2357 (= G 5554 + G 5555 + G 5561) and G 2342 (= G 5520 = Lepsius 28)
ID: HUMFA_A8404_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 5551, G 5552, G 5553, G 5554, G 5555
Description: Cemetery G 5000 (cemetery G 2300): area S of G 2370 (Senedjemib Complex): exterior pits of G 2357 (= G 5561) in area to E of G 2357 (= G 5554 + G 5555) and G 2359 (= G 5552 + G 5553), G 2347 (= G 5551), looking SW
ID: HUMFA_A7319_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 2370, G 5555, G 5554, G 5553, G 5552, G 2342 = G 5520, G 5540, G 5551
Description: Cemetery G 5000 (cemetery G 2300): area S of G 2370 (Senedjemib Complex): G 2357 (= G 5555 + G 5554 + G 5561), G 2359 (= G 5553 + G 5552), G 2342 (= G 5520 = Lepsius 28), G 2341 (= G 5540), G 2347 (= G 5551), looking WNW
ID: HUMFA_A7320_NS
Subjects: Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 5555, G 5554, G 5561, G 5552, G 5553, G 5551, G 5540, G 2342 = G 5520
Description: Cemetery G 5000 (cemetery G 2300): area S of G 2370 (Senedjemib Complex): G 2357 (= G 5555 + G 5554 + G 5561), G 2359 (= G 5552 + G 5553), G 2347 (= G 5551), G 2341 (= G 5540), G 2342 (= G 5520 = Lepsius 28), looking WWN
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