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G 7510

Eastern Cemetery

Eastern Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 7510

Details

  • Tomb Owner
    Ankh-haf (G 7510)
  • Attested
    Ankhpakhered (in G 7510)
    Ankhtifi (in G 7510)
    Harsiese (in G 7510)
    Hetepheres (in G 7510)
    Horsematawy (in G 7510)
    Pakhas (in G 7510)
    Pamenekh (in G 7510)
  • Excavator
    George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942
  • Baer Date
    Dynasty 4
  • PorterMoss Date
    Khafre
  • Site Type
    Stone-built mastaba
  • Shafts
    G 7510 B; G 7510 D; G 7510 E; G 7510 F; G 7510 G; G 7510 H; G 7510 I; G 7510 J; G 7510 K; G 7510 L; G 7510 M; G 7510 N; G 7510 O; G 7510 P; G 7510 Q; G 7510 R; G 7510 S; G 7510 T; G 7510 U; G 7510 V; G 7510 W; G 7510 X; G 7510 Y; G 7510 Z; G 7510 LS; G 7510 MS; G 7510 NS; G 7510 OS; G 7510 PS; G 7510 QS; G 7510 RS; G 7510 SS; G 7510 TS; G 7510 YS; G 7510 ZS

Finds 757

Excavation Diary Pages 159

Maps & Plans 131

Drawings 75

Published Documents 14

Unpublished Documents 202

Full Bibliography

  • Bárta, Miroslav. "Serdab and Statue Placement in the Private Tombs down to the Fourth Dynasty." Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts, Abteilung Kairo 54 (1998), p. 71.

    Bolshakov, Andrey. "Hinting as a Method of Old Kingdom Tomb Decoration I. The Offering-Stone and the False Door of the Dwarf Snb." Göttinger Miszellen 139 (1994), pp. 15, 27, figs. 5, 6.

    Bolshakov, Andrey. "What Did the Bust of Ankh-haf Originally Look Like?" Journal of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 3 (1991), pp. 4, 7-10, figs. 5-8.

    Dunham, Dows. "The Portrait Bust of Prince Ankh-haf." Bulletin of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 37, No. 221 (June 1939), pp. 41-45, unnumbered fig. (p. 43)

    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, 729-730, fig. 1.

    Flentye, Laurel. "The Mastabas of Ankh-haf (G 7510) and Akhethetep and Meretites (G 7650) in the Eastern Cemetery at Giza: A Reassessment." In Zahi Hawass and Janet Richards, eds. The Archaeology and Art of Ancient Egypt. Essays in Honor of David B. O'Connor, Vol. I. Annales du Service des Antiquités de l'Égypte, Cahier no. 36. Cairo: Supreme Council of Antiquities, 2007, pp. 291-301, 303, figs. 1, 2, 4, 5, 8.

    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, 77, 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, p. 135.

    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, p. 386.

    Jánosi, Peter. "Bemerkungen zur Entstehung, Lage und Datierung der Nekropolenfelder von Giza unter Cheops." Sokar 4 (1. Halbjahr 2002), pp. 7-8, unnumbered figures.

    Jánosi, Peter. "Aspects of Mastaba Development: The Position of Shafts and the Identification of Tomb Owners." In Filip Coppens, ed. Abusir and Saqqara in the year 2001. Proceedings of the Symposium (Prague, September 25th-27th, 2001). Archiv Orientální 70, No. 3 (August 2002). Prague: Oriental Institute, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, pp. 341-342, 347, fig.3.

    Lehmann, Katja. Der Serdab in den Privatgräbern des Alten Reiches 1-3. Ph.D. Dissertation, Universität Heidelberg, 2000, Kat. G256.

    Manuelian, Peter Der. Slab Stelae of the Giza Necropolis. Publications of the Pennsylvania-Yale Expedition to Egypt 7. New Haven & Philadelphia: Peabody Museum of Natural History of Yale University & University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 2003, pp. 113, 136, 143, 149, fig. 171.

    Manuelian, Peter Der. "Hemiunu, Pehenptah, and German/American Collaboration at the Giza Necropolis (Giza Archives Project Gleanings: II)." In Antje Spiekermann, ed. Zur Zierde gereicht. . . Festschrift Bettina Schmitz zum 60. Geburtstag am 24. Juli 2008, HIldesheimer Ägyptologische Beiträge 50. Hildesheim: Verlag Gebrüder Gerstenberg, 2008, p. 31-32, note 25.

    Manuelian, Peter Der. "A Re-examination of Reisner's Nucleus Cemetery Concept at Giza. Preliminary Remarks on Cemetery G 2100." 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. 227-228.

    Manuelian, Peter Der. "Excavating the Old Kingdom. The Giza Necropolis and Other Mastaba Fields." In Egyptian Art in the Age of the Pyramids. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1999, p. 147.

    Manuelian, Peter Der. "A Case of Prefabrication at Giza? The False Door of Inti." Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt 35 (1998), p. 117.

    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. 196.

    Smith, William Stevenson. "Old Kingdom Sculpture." American Journal of Archaeology 45 (1941), pp. 515-516, 519-522, 524-525, fig. 1.

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

    Smith, William Stevenson. Ancient Egypt as Represented in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1960 (6th ed.), p. 38.

People 9

Ancient People

  • Ankh-haf (G 7510)

    • Type Tomb Owner
    • Remarks Owner of G 7510. Husband of Hetepheres.

  • Ankhpakhered (in G 7510)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Limestone canopic jar (25-2-147) inscribed for Ankhpakhered (one of incomplete set of four including 25-2-148, 25-2-149, others uninscribed); found in G 7510 Y.

  • Ankhtifi (in G 7510)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Grandson(?) ([sA sAt=f] son of his daughter) of Ankh-haf (owner of G 7510). Appears standing behind his grandfather on fragment of wall relief; originally from west wall of chapel of G 7510.

  • Harsiese (in G 7510)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Father of Pamenekh. Name appears on pottery vessel (25-2-351 = MFA 25.1516), demotic inscription reads "the prayer of the priest Pamenekh, son of Harsiese"; found in late embalmer's cache in G 7510 Z.

  • Hetepheres (in G 7510)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Wife of Ank-haf (owner of G 7510) and eldest daughter of Snefru and Hetepheres I. North false door inscribed for Hetepheres; in situ in G 7510, interior chapel.

  • Horsematawy (in G 7510)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Name appears on pottery vessel (25-2-352 = MFA 25.1517), demotic inscription reads "the prayer of the priest Horsematawy, son of Pakhas"; found in late embalmer's cache in G 7510 Z.

  • Pakhas (in G 7510)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Father of Horsematawy. Name appears on pottery vessel (25-2-352 = MFA 25.1517), demotic inscription reads "the prayer of the priest Horsematawy, son of Pakhas"; found in late embalmer's cache in G 7510 Z.

  • Pamenekh (in G 7510)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Name appears on pottery vessel (25-2-351 = MFA 25.1516), demotic inscription reads "the prayer of the priest Pamenekh, son of Harsiese"; found in late embalmer's cache in G 7510 Z.

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.