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G 7070

Eastern Cemetery

Eastern Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 7050, G 7060, G 7070, G 7071, G 7072, G 7073

Details

  • Tomb Owner
    Snefrukhaf (G 7070)
  • Excavator
    George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942
  • Attested
    Kaemnefret (in G 7070)
    Nefermaat (G 7060)
    Nefretkau (G 7050)
  • Lepsius No
    LG 56
    L.56
    Lepsius 56
  • Baer Date
    End of Dyn 4 to early Dyn 5
  • PorterMoss Date
    Middle Dyn 4 to early Dyn 5
  • Site Type
    Stone-built mastaba
  • Shafts
    G 7070 A; G 7070 B

Finds 20

Excavation Diary Pages 39

Maps & Plans 22

Drawings 16

Published Documents 7

Unpublished Documents 58

Full Bibliography

  • Flentye, Laurel. "The Development of Art in the Eastern and GIS Cemeteries at Giza during the Fourth Dynasty: Iconography and Style." In Jean-Claude Goyon and Christine Cardin, eds. Proceedings of the Ninth International Congress of Egyptologists, Grenoble, 6-12 septembre 2004, vol. I. Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta 150. Leuven: Uitgeveru Peeters en Departement Oosterse Studies, 2007, pp. 723-724, 728-729, 733, notes 10, 38, 42, fig. 1.

    Flentye, Laurel. "The Mastaba of Meresankh III (G 7530/7540) in the Eastern Cemetery at Giza: An Archaeological and Art Historical Analysis." Bulletin of the Egyptian Museum 3 (2006), pp. 74, 76-77, note 45, fig. 1.

    Flentye, Laurel. "The Development of the Eastern and GIS Cemeteries at Giza during the Fourth 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. 137, 142, pl. 5 (9).

    Flentye, Laurel. "The Development of Art in the Fourth Dynasty: The Eastern and GIS Cemeteries at Giza." In Mamdouh Eldmaty and Mai Trad, eds. Egyptian Museum Collections Around the World: Studies for the Centennial of the Egyptian Museum, Cairo. Cairo: Supreme Council of Antiquities, 2002, pp. 392-393.

    Junker, Hermann. Gîza 3. Die Mastabas der vorgeschrittenen V. Dynastie auf dem Westfriedhof. Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien Philosophisch-historische Klasse Denkschriften. Vienna & Leipzig: Hölder-Pichler-Tempsky, 1938, p. 45 [37].

    Lehmann, Katja. Der Serdab in den Privatgräbern des Alten Reiches 1-3. Ph.D. Dissertation, Universität Heidelberg, 2000, Kat. G239.

    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, pp. 183-184, plan 18.

    Reisner, George A. "Nefertkauw, the Eldest Daughter of Sneferuw." Zeitschrift für Ägyptische Sprache und Altertumskunde 64 (1929), pp. 97-98, untitled fig., taf. 2 [1-2].

    Smith, William Stevenson. "The Old Kingdom in Egypt," The Cambridge Ancient History, rev. ed. of vols. I & II, Cambridge University Press, 1962, p. 29.

People 5

Ancient People

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.