G I-South Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Mastaba I (G I S), Mastaba III (G II S), Mastaba IV (G III S), Itjef, Khnumnefer, Nunetjer, Niankhhathor [II]
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- Excavator
- Hermann Junker, German, 1877–1962
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- Reisner No
- G I S
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- Junker No
- M. I
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- Reisner No., alternate spelling
- G I S No.1
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- PorterMoss Date
- Menkaure
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- Site Type
- Stone-built mastaba
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- Shafts
- S 1; chapel
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- Remarks
- Mastaba is first of nine major tombs (as well as two "potential" ones) built in line along south side of Khufu Pyramid, just off southwest corner of Khufu Pyramid and west of Itjef. Temporarily labeled Mastaba 1 instead of Mastaba I. Junker assigned numbers I to XI for this row of mastabas. Mastaba II was not assigned as the space where II would have been was filled with collection of smaller mastabas. Reisner assigned numbers I to X sequentially to the nine major mastabas that were actually built (and Lepsius 52 = Junker's Mastaba V = Reisner's G IV S).
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- ID: HUMFA_GN2_K03_ChapX_p178
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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. 343, 349, fig. 5.
Junker, Hermann. Gîza 10. Der Friedhof südlich der Cheopspyramide: Westteil. Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien Philosophisch-historische Klasse Denkschriften 74, Abhandlung 1. Vienna: Rudolph M. Rohrer, 1951, pp. 12-18, figs. 4, 5, 7, 14, pls. 2, 10, plan 1 of 2 after p. 211.
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. 216, plan 19.
Modern People
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- Type Excavator
- Nationality & Dates German, 1877–1962
- Remarks Egyptologist, Director of German-Austrian expedition to Giza, 1911–1929. Published 12 volumes of final excavation reports from Giza expedition. Nationality and life dates from Who was Who in Egyptology.
ID: HUMFA_B6335_NS
Subjects: G I-South Cemetery: Site: Giza: View: Mastaba I, Mastaba III, Mastaba IV, Lepsius 52, Mastaba VI, Itjef, Khnumnefer, Nunetjer, Niankhhathor [II], Isu & Meshedu, Iymery [I]
Description: G I-South Cemetery (mastabas S of Khufu pyramid), W end (including Mastaba I, Mastaba III, Mastaba IV, Lepsius 52, Mastaba VI, and mastabas of Itjef, Khnumnefer, Nunetjer, Niankhhathor [II], Isu & Meshedu, and Iymery [I]), looking S from Khufu pyramid
ID: HUMFA_EG019922
Subjects: Maps and plans: Plan 5: Cemetery G I-South of German-Austrian Excavation Concession (West Half)
Description: Partial plan of the German-Austrian concession: G I-South Cemetery, south of the Khufu pyramid, western half, published in H. Junker, Giza 10
ID: PDM_1993.124.18
Subjects: G I-South Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Mastaba I (G I S), Mastaba III (G II S), Mastaba IV (G III S), Itjef, Khnumnefer, Nunetjer, Niankhhathor [II]
Description: G I-South Cemetery (mastabas S of Khufu pyramid and Khufu Boat Museum): Mastaba I (G I S), Mastaba III (G II S), Mastaba IV (G III S), mastabas of Itjef, Khnumnefer, Nunetjer and Niankhhathor [II] (in space between Mastaba I and Mastaba III), looking S from top of Khufu pyramid
Subjects: G I-South Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Mastaba I
Description: G I-South Cemetery: Mastaba I, sarcophagus (Hildesheim 3176) being removed from burial chamber, looking N
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Mastaba I, S 33, Lepsius 52
Description: Alabaster model vessels and offering table and fragments of alabaster statues from G I-South Cemetery: top row: [near Mastaba I] fragment of statue with cartouche of Khafre (60), fragment of statue (59), [shaft S 33] fragment of statue (56); bottom two rows: [Lepsius 52, shaft S 69] alabaster model vessels and offering table (64-70)
Subjects: G I-South Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Mastaba I
Description: G I-South Cemetery: Mastaba I, burial chamber, sarcophagus (Hildesheim 3176) in situ, looking S
Subjects: G I-South Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Mastaba I
Description: G I-South Cemetery: Mastaba I, burial chamber, sarcophagus (Hildesheim 3176) in situ, looking S
Subjects: G I-South Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: S 55/169, Niankhhathor [II], S 16/23, Mastaba I
Description: G I-South Cemetery: area between Mastaba I (to W) and Mastaba III (to E), looking W across mastaba S 55/169 (foreground), mastaba of Niankhhathor [II] (to W), mastaba S 16/23 (W of Niankhhathor [II]) and area to W toward Mastaba I
Subjects: G I-South Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Isu & Meshedu, S 47/177, S 28/97, Itjef, Mastaba I
Description: G I-South Cemetery: mastaba of Isu & Meshedu (foreground, with two of three inscribed drum lintels lying on top of walls, one on W wall of Isu & Meshedu, other on E wall of S 47/177), looking W across mastabas S 47/177 and S 28/97 to mastaba of Itjef and Mastaba I
Subjects: G I-South Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Mastaba I
Description: G I-South Cemetery: Mastaba I, men at work moving sarcophagus (Hildesheim 3176), looking NE
Subjects: G I-South Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Mastaba I
Description: G I-South Cemetery: Mastaba I, men at work lifting sarcophagus, looking NE
Subjects: G I-South Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Mastaba I
Description: G I-South Cemetery: Mastaba I, men at work lifting sarcophagus, looking NE
Subjects: G I-South Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: Mastaba I
Description: G I-South Cemetery: Mastaba I, men at work moving sarcophagus (Hildesheim 3176), looking NE
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