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G 7809

Eastern Cemetery

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 7809

Details

  • Attested
    Reti (in G 7809)
  • Excavator
    George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942
  • PorterMoss Date
    Dynasty 5
  • Site Type
    Mud-brick+rubble mastaba
  • Shafts
    G 7809 A; G 7809 B; G 7809 C; G 7809 D

Finds 4

Excavation Diary Pages 6

Maps & Plans 21

Published Documents 1

Unpublished Documents 16

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. 204, plan 18.

    Reisner, unpublished manuscript, Box M 3, Description of Cemetery G 700, pp. 439a, 446.

People 2

Ancient People

  • Reti (in G 7809)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Granite false door tablet (?) (25-1-1074 = MFA 27.1128) inscribed for Reti, identified as [rx nswt jmj-r Hmw-kA] royal acquaintance, overseer of ka-priests; found near G 7809 D.

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.