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G 7822

Eastern Cemetery

Eastern Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 7822

Details

  • Tomb Owner
    Mesu (G 7822)
  • Attested
    Nefertjes (in G 7822)
    Nefertjes (in G 7822)
    Sedekh(?) (in G 7822)
  • Excavator
    George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942
  • PorterMoss Date
    Dynasty 5-6
  • Site Type
    Rock-cut tomb
  • Shafts
    G 7822 A; G 7822 B; G 7822 C; G 7822 D

Finds 2

Excavation Diary Pages 4

Maps & Plans 19

Drawings 1

Published Documents 1

Unpublished Documents 14

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. 205.

People 5

Ancient People

  • Mesu (G 7822)

    • Type Tomb Owner
    • Remarks Owner of G 7822. Appears in chapel relief, west wall; in situ in G 7822.

  • Nefertjes (in G 7822)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Wife of Mesu (owner of G 7822). Appears in chapel relief, west wall; in situ in G 7822.

  • Nefertjes (in G 7822)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Daughter of Mesu (owner of G 7822). Appears in chapel relief, west wall (south end, standing behind her parents); in situ in G 7822.

  • Sedekh(?) (in G 7822)

    • Type Attested
    • Remarks Son of Mesu (owner of G 7822). Appears in chapel relief, west wall (south end, standing in front of his father); in situ in G 7822.

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.