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Lepsius 19

Western Cemetery

Abu Bakr Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: ABC 1; Lepsius 19

Lepsius 19, belonging to Ipi, is a stone-built mastaba south of Mastaba X in the central sector of the Abu Bakr Cemetery. Part of the "Persen Complex."

Details

  • Tomb Owner
    Ipi (Lepsius 19)
  • Excavator
    (Karl) Richard Lepsius, German, 1810–1884
    Abdel Moneim Youssef Abu Bakr, 1907–1976
    Edward Brovarski
  • Lepsius No
    LG 19
    L.19
  • PorterMoss Date
    Dynasty 5 or later
  • Baer Date
    ?
  • Site Type
    Stone-built mastaba
  • Shafts
    6 shafts; chapel
  • Remarks
    Abu-Bakr Excavation (1950-51). Recleared in 2000 by Cairo Univ - Brown Univ Expedition. Lepsius 19, Mastaba X, and Lepsius 20-21 were probably roughly contemporaneous and may have formed a family complex within a brick-built palace-facade enclosure wall, along with a double row of small, contiguous mud-brick mastabas just east of Lepsius 19 and Mastaba X (ABC 2 - ABC 4, ABC 7 - ABC 19).

Maps & Plans 1

Drawings 1

Published Documents 2

Full Bibliography

  • Brovarski 2018

    Leclant, in Orientalia, N.S. 21(1952), 241, fig. 17.

    Lepsius, Denkmaeler Text 1, 44, vol. 2, fig. 82.

    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. 48, plan 17.

    Smith, AJA 56 (1952) 40, pl. 2.

People 4

Ancient People

  • Ipi (Lepsius 19)

    • Type Tomb Owner
    • Remarks Owner of Lepsius 19. Northern false door lintel inscribed for Ipi; in situ in Lepsius 19.

Modern People

  • (Karl) Richard Lepsius

    • Type Excavator
    • Nationality & Dates German, 1810–1884
    • Remarks Egyptologist. Nationality and life dates from Who was Who in Egyptology.

  • Abdel Moneim Youssef Abu Bakr

    • Type Excavator
    • Nationality & Dates 1907–1976
    • Remarks Egyptian Egyptologist.

  • Edward Brovarski

    • Type Excavator
    • Nationality & Dates
    • Remarks Egyptologist and co-director of the Cairo University-Brown University Excavations (CBE) in the Abu Bakr Cemetery.