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G 7450

Eastern Cemetery

Details

  • Attested
    Besirbia (in G 7450)
    Herhoremakhbit (in G 7450)
    Horemakhbit (in G 7450)
    Kenumuty (in G 7450)
    Khaemnisut...[?] (in G 7450)
    Padibastet (in G 7450)
    Tadihor (in G 7450)
    Tairbastet (in G 7450)
    Taires (in G 7450)
    Wahibre (in G 7450)
    Wedjahor (in G 7450)
  • Excavator
    George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942
  • Alternate Reisner No
    G 7450 X
  • Site Type
    Stone-built mastaba
  • Shafts
    G 7450 A; G 7450 B; G 7450 X; G 7450 Y; G 7450 Z

Finds 458

Excavation Diary Pages 35

Maps & Plans 20

Drawings 1

Published Documents 3

Unpublished Documents 83

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. 724, 734, note 72, fig. 1.

    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. 195, plan 18.

    Smith, William Stevenson. "Inscriptional Evidence for the History of the Fourth Dynasty." Journal of Near Eastern Studies 11 (1952), pp. 120, 128, fig. 8.

    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.

Photos 101

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People 12

Ancient People

  • Besirbia (in G 7450)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Mother of Tairbastet. Name appears on set of ushabtis (27-4-1061) inscribed for Tairbastet; found in G 7450 X II debris.

  • Herhoremakhbit (in G 7450)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Ushabtis (27-4-1067) inscribed for Herhoremakhbit; found in G 7450 X II debris.

  • Horemakhbit (in G 7450)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Ushabtis (27-4-1066) inscribed for Horemakhbit; found in G 7450 X II debris.

  • Kenumuty (in G 7450)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Child (born) of Taires. Ushabtis (27-4-1062) inscribed for Kenumuty(?), called Padibastet; found in G 7450 X II debris.

  • Khaemnisut...[?] (in G 7450)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Ushabti (27-4-1064) inscribed for Khaemnisut...[?]; found in G 7450 X II debris.

  • Padibastet (in G 7450)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Child (born) of Tadihor. Ushabtis (27-4-1063) inscribed for Padibastet; found in G 7450 X II debris.

  • Tadihor (in G 7450)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Mother of Padibastet. Name appears on ushabtis (27-4-1063) inscribed for Padibastet; found in G 7450 X II debris.

  • Tairbastet (in G 7450)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Child (born) of Besirbia. Ushabtis (27-4-1061) inscribed for Tairbastet; found in G 7450 X II debris.

  • Taires (in G 7450)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Mother of Kenumuty, called Padibastet. Name appears on ushabtis (27-4-1062) inscribed for Kenumuty; found in G 7450 X II debris.

  • Wahibre (in G 7450)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Son of Wedjahor. Ushabtis (27-4-1065) inscribed for Wahibre; found in G 7450 X II debris.

  • Wedjahor (in G 7450)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Father of Wahibre. Name appears on ushabtis (27-4-1065) inscribed for Wahibre; found in G 7450 X II debris.

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.