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G 5563

Western Cemetery

Western Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 5563, G 5564

Details

  • Attested
    Khenit (in G 5563)
  • Excavator
    George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942
  • Alternate Reisner No
    G 2347a
  • Site Type
    Shafts only (no superstructure)
  • Shafts
    G 5563 A, G 5563 B
  • Remarks
    Renamed. Originally G 2347a A, B.

Finds 13

Excavation Diary Pages 7

Maps & Plans 5

Drawings 3

Published Documents 1

Unpublished Documents 46

Full Bibliography

  • 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.

    Unpublished Reisner manuscript. Box K 10. Cemetery en Eschelon, page 56 ad-ae.

People 2

Ancient People

  • Khenit (in G 5563)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Wife ([Hmt=f] his wife) of unidentified tomb owner (?). Only head preserved on inscribed fragment of relief (35-11-1), identified as [rxt nswt] royal acquaintance; found displaced in G 2347a A = G 5563 A.

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.