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G 5554

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

Details

  • Tomb Owner
    Hy (G 5554)
  • Excavator
    George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942
  • Alternate Reisner No
    G 2357
  • Site Type
    Mud-brick mastaba
  • Shafts
    G 5554 A; G 5554 B; G 5554 Chapel a
  • Remarks
    Renamed. Originally G 2357 A, B and chapel a.

Finds 3

Excavation Diary Pages 8

  • Vol.26.p.1241

    • Diary page dates 03/18/1933; 03/19/2003; 03/20/1933; 03/21/1933

  • 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.120

    • Diary page dates 09/08/1935; 09/09/1935; 09/10/1935; 09/11/1935; 09/12/1935

  • Vol.27.p.138

    • Diary page dates 10/03/1935; 10/04/1935; 10/05/1935

  • Vol.27.p.139

    • Diary page dates 10/05/1935; 10/06/1935

  • Vol.27.p.142

    • Diary page dates 10/07/1935; 10/08/1935; 10/09/1935

Maps & Plans 8

Unpublished Documents 8

Full Bibliography

  • Brovarski, Edward. "The Senedjemib Complex at Giza: An Interim Report." L'Égyptologie en 1979. Axes prioritaires de recherches, tome II. Colloques Internationaux du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique No. 595. Paris: Éditions du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 1982, p. 121.

    Reisner, unpublished manuscript, Box K 10, Description of Additions to Cemetery en Eschelon, pp. 56 z-aa.

People 2

Ancient People

  • Hy (G 5554)

    • Type Tomb Owner
    • Remarks Owner of G 5554. Fragments of limestone lintel (33-3-41 + 33-3-42) inscribed for Hy, identified as [jrj pat HAtj-a tajtj sAb Tatj jmj-r kAt nbt nt nswt jmj-r sSw a nswt jmj-r Hwt-wrt sjsw jmj-r prwj-HD snDmjb n Dt=f jmj-r pr HqA Hwt jmj-xt Hmw-kA jmj-r sSr] hereditary prince, count, chief justice and vizier, overseer of all royal works, overseer of royal document scribes, overseer of the six great law-courts, overseer of the two treasuries of the funerary estate of Senedjemib, steward, chief of the estate, under-supervisor of ka-priests, overseer of linen; found in debris of G 5554, originally from over false door (lower part of false door in situ).

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.