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G 7150

Eastern Cemetery

Eastern Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 7150, G 7130-7140, G 7142, G 7247

Details

  • Tomb Owner
    Khufukhaf [II] (G 7150)
  • Excavator
    George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942
  • Attested
    Khentkaus (G 7150)
    Pasherimut (in Avenue G 4)
    Pedimutemiteru (in G 7150)
  • PorterMoss Date
    Niuserre
  • Baud Date
    Niuserre
  • Baer Date
    Dynasty 5: Niuserre
  • Harpur Date
    Niuserre
  • Simpson Date
    Niuserre or later
  • Schmitz Date
    Niuserre
  • Strudwick Date
    Neferirkare - Niuserre
  • Site Type
    Stone-built mastaba
  • Shafts
    G 7150 Serdab A; G 7150 Serdab E; G 7150 B; G 7150 C; G 7150 D; G 7150 F

Finds 146

Excavation Diary Pages 40

Maps & Plans 17

Drawings 14

Published Documents 12

Unpublished Documents 65

Full Bibliography

  • Bolshakov, Andrey. "Osiris in the Fourth Dynasty Again? The False Door of Jntj, MFA 31.781." In Hedvig Györy, ed. Mélanges offerts à Edith Varga. Bulletin du Musée Hongrois des Beaux-Arts Supplément-2001, Budapest: Musée Hongrois des Beaux-Arts, 2001, p. 74.

    De Rougé, Inscr. hiéro, pl. 41.

    Fischer, Henry G. "Notes on two tomb chapels at Giza." Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 67 (1981), pp. 167-168, fig. 2.

    Lehmann, Katja. Der Serdab in den Privatgräbern des Alten Reiches 1-3. Ph.D. Dissertation, Universität Heidelberg, 2000, Kat. G345-G246.

    Pieke, Gabriele. "Der Grabherr und die Lotosblume. Zu Lokalen und Geschlechtsspezifischen Traditionen eines Motivkreises." 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. 269-270, 278, Abb. 5.

    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. 190-191.

    Reisner, George A. "The Position of Early Grave Stelae." In Studies Presented to F.Ll. Griffith Egypt. London: Egypt Exploration Society, 1932, p. 329.

    Reisner, George A. A History of the Giza Necropolis 1. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1942, pp. 313, 382.

    Roth, Ann Macy. "Little Women: Gender and Hierarchic Proportion in Old Kingdom Mastaba Chapels." 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. 286-287, table 2.

    Simpson, William Kelly. The Mastabas of Kawab, Khafkhufu I and II. Giza Mastabas 3. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1978, pp. 21-27, figs. 36-50, pls. XXX-XLV.

    Smith, William Stevenson. A History of Egyptian Sculpture and Painting in the Old Kingdom. London: Geoffrey Cumberlege, Oxford University Press on behalf of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1946, p. 198.

Photos 83

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People 5

Ancient People

  • Khentkaus (G 7150)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Wife of Khufukhaf [II]

  • Khufukhaf [II] (G 7150)

    • Type Tomb Owner

  • Pasherimut (in Avenue G 4)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Child (born) of Tadihor-[...]etef. Set of ushabtis (fragments: 26-1-270, 26-1-364, 26-1-401, 26-1-466, 26-1-479, 26-1-562, 26-1-1182 (?), 26-1-1207, 26-1-1230, 26-2-33) inscribed for Pasherimut; found widely scattered in Street G 7000, Avenue G 4, Street G 7100.

  • Pedimutemiteru (in G 7150)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Limestone offering stone (26-3-198) inscribed for the "scribe" Pedimutemiteru; found in G 7150 C.

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.